About the Authors

Mario Santoro

marisant@libero.it

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Parasitology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy

Simonetta Mattiucci

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Parasitology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Nascetti

Affiliation Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy

John M. Kinsella

Affiliation Helm West Laboratory, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Francesca Di Prisco

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Section of Avellino, Monteforte Irpino, Avellino, Italy

Sabatino Troisi

Affiliation Istituto Gestione della Fauna Onlus, Naples, Italy

Nicola D’Alessio

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Section of Avellino, Monteforte Irpino, Avellino, Italy

Vincenzo Veneziano

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Animal Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Francisco J. Aznar

Affiliation Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, y Departamento de Zoología, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS FDP ST ND VV. Performed the experiments: MS. Analyzed the data: FJA MS JMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM GN. Wrote the paper: MS FJA.