About the Authors

Nicola J. Beesley

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nbeesley@chester.ac.uk (NJB); jhodgkin@liverpool.ac.uk (JEH)

Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom

Affiliation Veterinary Parasitology, Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Krystyna Cwiklinski

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Veterinary Parasitology, Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Katherine Allen

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Veterinary Parasitology, Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Rebecca C. Hoyle

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Veterinary Parasitology, Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Terry W. Spithill

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences and Centre for AgriBioscience, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia

E. James La Course

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Diana J. L. Williams

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Veterinary Parasitology, Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Steve Paterson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Genomic Research, Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Jane E. Hodgkinson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nbeesley@chester.ac.uk (NJB); jhodgkin@liverpool.ac.uk (JEH)

Affiliation Veterinary Parasitology, Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.