About the Authors

Sonja Hartnack

Sonja.Hartnack@access.uzh.ch

Affiliation Section of Veterinary Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Christine M. Budke

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Philip S. Craig

Affiliation Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

Qiu Jiamin

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases, Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Belgees Boufana

Affiliation Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

Maiza Campos-Ponce

Affiliation Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Paul R. Torgerson

Affiliations Section of Veterinary Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH PRT. Performed the experiments: CMB BB MCP. Analyzed the data: SH PRT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMB PSC QJ BB MCP. Wrote the paper: SH CMB PSC QJ BB MCP PRT.