About the Authors

Kevin MacDonald

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

Samuel Buxton

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

Tim A. Day

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

Alan P. Robertson

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

Paula Ribeiro

paula.ribeiro@mcgill.ca

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR KM MJK TAD APR. Performed the experiments: KM SB. Analyzed the data: KM PR. Wrote the paper: KM PR.