About the Authors

Amimul M. Ehsan

Affiliations Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, Department of Medicine, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Thomas Geurden

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Stijn Casaert

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Sonia M. Parvin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Taohidul M. Islam

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Uddin M. Ahmed

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Bruno Levecke

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Jozef Vercruysse

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Edwin Claerebout

edwin.claerebout@ugent.be

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC TG AME UMA. Performed the experiments: AME SMP TMI SC. Analyzed the data: AME TMI BL EC. Wrote the paper: AME EC TG BL JV UMA.