About the Authors
- Esra Yilmaz
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Affiliation Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Moritz Fritzenwanker
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, Campus Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- Nikola Pantchev
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Affiliation IDEXX Laboratories, Ludwigsburg, Germany
- Mathias Lendner
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Affiliation Institut für Parasitologie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Sirichit Wongkamchai
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Domenico Otranto
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- Inge Kroidl
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Centre of the University of Munich (LMU); German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner site Munich, Germany
- Martin Dennebaum
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Affiliation Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Thanh Hoa Le
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Affiliation Immunology Department, Institute of Biotechnology, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
- Tran Anh Le
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Viet Nam Veterinary Medical University, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
- Sabrina Ramünke
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Affiliation Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Roland Schaper
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Affiliation Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Monheim, Germany
- Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna
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Affiliation Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Sven Poppert
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Affiliation University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
- Jürgen Krücken
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* E-mail: juergen.kruecken@fu-berlin.de
Affiliation Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RS is an employee of Bayer Animal Health, a company that produces and sells anti-parasitic drugs. NP is an employee of IDEXX Laboraroties, a company that provides veterinary diagnostic Services including diagnosis of Dirofilaria spp. With the exception of RS and NP, Bayer Animal Health and IDEXX Laboratories were not involved in study design, data collection, data analysis or preparation of the manuscript. The decision to publish the manuscript was jointly taken. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: JK SP GvSH RS MF EY. Data curation: EY JK MF. Formal analysis: JK MF EY. Funding acquisition: GvSH SP RS. Investigation: EY MF ML NP SW SR DO. Methodology: EY MF JK. Project administration: GvSH SP JK. Resources: NP DO SW IK MD THL TAL RS. Software: MF. Supervision: JK SP GvSH. Validation: EY MF SP SR JK. Visualization: JK EY. Writing – original draft: JK EY SP MF GvSH NP DO. Writing – review & editing: JK EY MF SP.