About the Authors

Veronika Dorňáková

Affiliations Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Renzo Salazar-Sanchez

Affiliation Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Sede de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

Katty Borrini-Mayori

Affiliation Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Sede de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

Oscar Carrion-Navarro

Affiliation Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Sede de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

Michael Z. Levy

Affiliations Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Sede de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Günter A. Schaub

Affiliation Zoology/Parasitology Group, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Alexandra Schwarz

alexandraschwarz@arcor.de

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS VD. Performed the experiments: VD RSS KBM OCN. Analyzed the data: VD AS MZL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZL. Wrote the paper: VD AS GAS.