About the Authors

Jérôme Beaufays

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Ectoparasites, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Benoît Adam

Affiliation Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, Gembloux Agricultural University, Gembloux, Belgium

Catherine Menten-Dedoyart

Affiliation Institute of Human Histology, Department of Morphology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Laurence Fievez

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Amélie Grosjean

Affiliation Laboratoire de Médecine Expérimentale (ULB 222 Unit), ISPPC Hopital André Vesale, Montigny-Le-Tilleul, Belgium

Yves Decrem

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Ectoparasites, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Pierre-Paul Prévôt

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Ectoparasites, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Sébastien Santini

Affiliation Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, Gembloux Agricultural University, Gembloux, Belgium

Robert Brasseur

Affiliation Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, Gembloux Agricultural University, Gembloux, Belgium

Michel Brossard

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Michel Vanhaeverbeek

Affiliation Laboratoire de Médecine Expérimentale (ULB 222 Unit), ISPPC Hopital André Vesale, Montigny-Le-Tilleul, Belgium

Fabrice Bureau

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Ernst Heinen

Affiliation Institute of Human Histology, Department of Morphology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Laurence Lins

Affiliation Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, Gembloux Agricultural University, Gembloux, Belgium

Luc Vanhamme

Contributed equally to this work with: Luc Vanhamme, Edmond Godfroid

Affiliations Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Ectoparasites, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium, Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Edmond Godfroid

Contributed equally to this work with: Luc Vanhamme, Edmond Godfroid

edmond.godfroid@ulb.ac.be

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Ectoparasites, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB BA CMD LF AG YD LL EG. Performed the experiments: JB BA CMD LF AG YD PPP SS LL. Analyzed the data: JB BA CMD LF AG YD SS RB MB MV FB EH LL LV EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB LL EG. Wrote the paper: JB CMD LF AG RB MB FB EH LL LV EG.