About the Authors

Anthonius A. Eze

Contributed equally to this work with: Anthonius A. Eze, Matthew K. Gould

Current address: Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Matthew K. Gould

Contributed equally to this work with: Anthonius A. Eze, Matthew K. Gould

Current address: Biocenter, Section Genetics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried, Germany

Affiliation Institute for Immunology and Infection Research and Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jane C. Munday

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Daniel N. A. Tagoe

Current address: Department of Biology, Boston College, Newton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliations Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Valters Stelmanis

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Achim Schnaufer

Affiliation Institute for Immunology and Infection Research and Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Harry P. De Koning

Harry.de-Koning@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAE MKG HPdK. Performed the experiments: AAE JCM DNAT VS. Analyzed the data: AAE MKG JCM HPdK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MKG AS. Wrote the paper: AAE MKG JCM AS HPdK.