About the Authors

Ghalia Boubaker

Affiliations Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, University of Monastir, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Biology B, Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, Monastir, Tunisia

Natalia Macchiaroli

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Laura Prada

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Marcela A. Cucher

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mara C. Rosenzvit

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Iskender Ziadinov

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Peter Deplazes

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Urmas Saarma

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Hamouda Babba

Affiliation University of Monastir, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Biology B, Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, Monastir, Tunisia

Bruno Gottstein

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Markus Spiliotis

markus.spiliotis@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS GB. Performed the experiments: GB NM LP MAC IZ. Analyzed the data: MS GB MCR BG PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BG PD IZ US HB MCR. Wrote the paper: MS GB PD US.