About the Authors

Vladimír Skála

mich007@email.cz

Affiliation Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Prague, Czech Republic

Alena Černíková

Affiliation Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies, Prague, Czech Republic

Zuzana Jindrová

Affiliations Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Prague, Czech Republic, Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Immunology and Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic

Martin Kašný

Affiliations Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Prague, Czech Republic, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Brno, Czech Republic

Martin Vostrý

Affiliations Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Prague, Czech Republic, Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic

Anthony J. Walker

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom

Petr Horák

Affiliation Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS ZJ MK MV AJW PH. Performed the experiments: VS ZJ MV. Analyzed the data: VS AC ZJ MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS AJW PH. Wrote the paper: VS AC ZJ MK MV AJW PH.