About the Authors
- Tine Huyse
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tine Huyse, Bonnie L. Webster
* E-mail: Tine.Huyse@bio.kuleuven.be
Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Antwerpen, Belgium, Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Bonnie L. Webster
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tine Huyse, Bonnie L. Webster
Affiliation Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
- Sarah Geldof
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Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- J. Russell. Stothard
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Affiliation Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
- Oumar T. Diaw
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Affiliation Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Bel Air, Dakar, Sénégal
- Katja Polman
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Antwerpen, Belgium
- David Rollinson
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Affiliation Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TH BLW JRS. Performed the experiments: TH BLW SG OTD. Analyzed the data: TH BLW JRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH KP DR. Wrote the paper: TH BLW DR. Designed the multiplex PCR protocol and performed the fieldwork for the KUL part of the study: TH. Performed most part of the field work relating to CONTRAST: BLW. Played a role in the planning and organization of aspects of the field and laboratory work relating to CONTRAST: JRS. Coordinated the fieldwork relating to CONTRAST: OTD. Coordinated the fieldwork in Senegal and is in charge of the Senegalese field team; trained the field team and provided all material and working space in Senegal; provided useful suggestions for the manuscript: KP. Is in charge of the CONTRAST program in Senegal: DR.