About the Authors

Frédéric Tripet

f.tripet@biol.keele.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Simon Clegg

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Dia-Eldin Elnaiem

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Instutute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Maryland, United States of America

Richard D. Ward

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FT SC DEE RDW. Performed the experiments: SC. Analyzed the data: FT RDW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDW. Wrote the paper: FT DEE RDW. Contributed to the design of the experiments and to the writing of the manuscript: DEE.