About the Authors

Patrícia A. G. C. Silva

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649–028, Lisbon, Portugal

Ana Guerreiro

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649–028, Lisbon, Portugal

Jorge M. Santos

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649–028, Lisbon, Portugal

Joanna A. M. Braks

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, 3, Leiden, The Netherlands

Chris J. Janse

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, 3, Leiden, The Netherlands

Gunnar R. Mair

gunnarmair@yahoo.com

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649–028, Lisbon, Portugal, Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PAGCS GRM. Performed the experiments: PAGCS AG JMS JAMB CJJ. Analyzed the data: PAGCS AG JMS JAMB CJJ GRM. Wrote the paper: PAGCS GRM.