About the Authors

Louise E. Atkinson

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences-Parasitology, Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Michael Stevenson

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences-Parasitology, Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Ciaran J. McCoy

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences-Parasitology, Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Nikki J. Marks

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences-Parasitology, Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Colin Fleming

Affiliation Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, United Kingdom

Mostafa Zamanian

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Tim A. Day

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Michael J. Kimber

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Aaron G. Maule

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences-Parasitology, Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Angela Mousley

a.mousley@qub.ac.uk

Affiliation Molecular Biosciences-Parasitology, Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM LEA AGM NJM. Performed the experiments: LEA MS MZ CJM. Analyzed the data: LEA AM NJM AGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM AGM NJM CF MJK TAD. Wrote the paper: LEA AM AGM NJM TAD MJK.