About the Authors

Veronika Seblova

vera_vera@seznam.cz

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Jovana Sadlova

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Barbora Vojtkova

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Jan Votypka

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Simon Carpenter

Affiliation Vector-borne Viral Diseases Programme, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

Paul Andrew Bates

Affiliation Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Petr Volf

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS JS PV. Performed the experiments: VS JS BV JV. Analyzed the data: VS JS JV PV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PV JS PAB SC. Wrote the paper: VS PV PAB SC.