About the Authors

Ryan O. M. Rego

ryanrego@paru.cas.cz

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Aaron Bestor

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Jan Štefka

Affiliations Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Institute of Parasitology, ASCR, Biology Centre, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Patricia A. Rosa

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ROMR PAR. Performed the experiments: ROMR AB. Analyzed the data: ROMR PAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ROMR JS PAR.