About the Authors

Steffen Hahnel

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Zhigang Lu

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

R. Alan Wilson

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Christoph G. Grevelding

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Thomas Quack

thomas.quack@vetmed.uni-giessen.de

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TQ. Performed the experiments: SH ZL TQ. Analyzed the data: SH ZL TQ CGG RAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAW. Wrote the paper: TQ CGG.