About the Authors

Svenja Beckmann

Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Christin Buro

Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Colette Dissous

Affiliation Inserm, U547, University Lille Nord de France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France

Jörg Hirzmann

Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Christoph G. Grevelding

Christoph.Grevelding@vetmed.uni-giessen.de

Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CGG. Performed the experiments: SB CB CD JH. Analyzed the data: SB CB CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD. Wrote the paper: SB CGG.