About the Authors

Paulu S. R. de Saram

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Margarida Ressurreição

Affiliations Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom, Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Zoology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Angela J. Davies

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

David Rollinson

Affiliation Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Zoology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Aidan M. Emery

Affiliation Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Zoology Department, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Anthony J. Walker

t.walker@kingston.ac.uk

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PSRDS AJD DR AME AJW. Performed the experiments: PSRDS MR AME AJW. Analyzed the data: PSRDS AJD AJW. Wrote the paper: PSRDS AJD DR AME AJW.