About the Authors

Tore Lier

tore.lier@unn.no

Affiliation Department for Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Dung Trung Do

Affiliation Department for Parasitology, National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE), Hanoi, Vietnam

Maria Vang Johansen

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Thi Hop Nguyen

Affiliation Department for Parasitology, National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE), Hanoi, Vietnam

Anders Dalsgaard

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Anne Mette Asfeldt

Affiliation Department for Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL AMA DTD MVJ AD. Performed the experiments: TL DTD THN. Analyzed the data: TL AMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL DTD THN. Wrote the paper: TL AMA. Critically revised the manuscript: MVJ AD DTD THN.