About the Authors

Bohumil Sak

casio@paru.cas.cz

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Klára J. Petrželková

Affiliations Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Brno, Czech Republic, Liberec Zoo, Liberec, Czech Republic, Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic

Dana Květoňová

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Anna Mynářová

Affiliation Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Kateřina Pomajbíková

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic

David Modrý

Affiliations Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic

Michael R. Cranfield

Affiliation Gorilla Doctors, Karen C Drayer Wildlife Health Center, Davis, CA, United States of America

Antoine Mudakikwa

Affiliation Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Kigali, Rwanda

Martin Kváč

Affiliations Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exists. The employment of authors does not alter adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJP DM BS MC KP A. Mudakikwa. Performed the experiments: BS MK A. Mynarova DK. Analyzed the data: MK BS KJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK BS KJP KP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BS KJP MK MC DM.