About the Authors

Thomas Quack

Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Jürgen Knobloch

Current address: Medical Clinic III, Department of Pneumology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Affiliation Institute for Genetics, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Svenja Beckmann

Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Jérome Vicogne

Affiliation UMR8161 – CNRS, Institut de Biologie de Lille, Lille, France

Colette Dissous

Affiliation Inserm U547, Université Lille-Nord de France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France

Christoph G. Grevelding

Christoph.Grevelding@vetmed.uni-giessen.de

Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CGG. Performed the experiments: TQ JK SB JV CD. Analyzed the data: TQ JK SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JV CD. Wrote the paper: TQ CGG.