Adult schistosomes have an epithelial bacterial population distinct from the surrounding mammalian host blood

• Geoffrey N. Gobert ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hong.you@qimrberghofer.edu.au (HY); g.gobert@qub.ac.uk (GNG)

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5884-6453

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• Donald P. McManus,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6443-1449

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• Geoff McMullan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Christopher J. Creevey,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-1555

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• Jack Carson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Malcolm K. Jones,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Sujeevi S. K. Nawaratna,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

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• Kosala G. Weerakoon,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka

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• Hong You

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hong.you@qimrberghofer.edu.au (HY); g.gobert@qub.ac.uk (GNG)

  Affiliation Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Immunology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia

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