About the Authors

Daniel S. Grabner

daniel.grabner@uni-due.de

Affiliation Aquatic Ecology and Centre for Water and Environmental Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Faten A. M. M. Mohamed

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt

Milen Nachev

Affiliation Aquatic Ecology and Centre for Water and Environmental Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Eman M. H. Méabed

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt

Abdel Hameed A. Sabry

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt

Bernd Sures

Affiliation Aquatic Ecology and Centre for Water and Environmental Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSG FAMMM MN EMHM AHAS BS. Performed the experiments: DSG FAMMM MN. Analyzed the data: DSG FAMMM BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DSG FAMMM EMHM AHAS BS. Wrote the paper: DSG.