About the Authors

Martin Kváč

kvac@paru.cas.cz

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

Nikola Havrdová

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

Lenka Hlásková

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

Tereza Daňková

Affiliation Grammar School and High School of Economics, Vimperk, Czech Republic

Jiří Kanděra

Affiliation Grammar School and High School of Economics, Vimperk, Czech Republic

Jana Ježková

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

Jiří Vítovec

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

Bohumil Sak

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

Ynes Ortega

Affiliation Center for Food Safety, Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia, United States of America

Lihua Xiao

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David Modrý

Affiliations Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Department of Pathology and Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic, CEITEC VFU, Brno, Czech Republic

Jeba Rose Jennifer Jesudoss Chelladurai

Affiliation Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Veronika Prantlová

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

John McEvoy

Affiliation Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK BS JM LH NH. Performed the experiments: MK BS NH LH TD JK JJ JC. Analyzed the data: MK JM YO LX DM JV VP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK JV BS YO LX DM JM VP. Wrote the paper: MK BS JM YO LX DM.