About the Authors

Mathias Beig

Contributed equally to this work with: Mathias Beig, Frank Oellien

Current address: adesso AG, Line of Business Health, Berlin, Germany

Affiliation MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH, Zur Propstei, Schwabenheim, Germany

Frank Oellien

Contributed equally to this work with: Mathias Beig, Frank Oellien

Current address: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Affiliation MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH, Zur Propstei, Schwabenheim, Germany

Linnéa Garoff

Current address: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Affiliation Universität Heidelberg, Biochemie-Zentrum (BZH), Heidelberg, Germany

Sandra Noack

Current address: SANCOPT, Münster-Sarmsheim, Germany

Affiliation MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH, Zur Propstei, Schwabenheim, Germany

R. Luise Krauth-Siegel

Affiliation Universität Heidelberg, Biochemie-Zentrum (BZH), Heidelberg, Germany

Paul M. Selzer

paul.selzer@gmx.de

Current address: Boehringer-Ingelheim Animal Health GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

Affiliations MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH, Zur Propstei, Schwabenheim, Germany, Universität Tübingen, Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie, Tübingen, Germany, Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Division of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

MB, FO, SN, and PMS were at the time of the studies employed by MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH in Schwabenheim, Zur Propstei, Germany. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS NTDs policies on sharing data and materials. Other than the above, the authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB FO LG SN RLKS PMS. Performed the experiments: MB FO LG. Analyzed the data: MB FO LG SN RLKS PMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB FO LG SN. Wrote the paper: MB FO SN RLKS PMS.