About the Authors

Christian Klotz

christian.klotz@hu-berlin.de

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Ziegler

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Ziegler, Ana Sofia Figueiredo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ana Sofia Figueiredo

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Ziegler, Ana Sofia Figueiredo

Affiliation Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sebastian Rausch

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Matthew R. Hepworth

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Nadja Obsivac

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Christine Sers

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Charite Universtitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Roland Lang

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Peter Hammerstein

Affiliation Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Richard Lucius

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Susanne Hartmann

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: C. Klotz, S. Hartmann. Performed the experiments: C. Klotz, T. Ziegler, N. Obsivac. Analyzed the data: C. Klotz, T. Ziegler, A. Figueiredo, S. Rausch, M. Hepworth, P. Hammerstein, R. Lucius, S. Hartmann. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A. Figueiredo, S. Rausch, M. Hepworth, C. Sers, R. Lang, P. Hammerstein. Wrote the paper: C. Klotz, A. Figueiredo, R. Lucius, S. Hartmann. Conceived and performed the modeling analysis: A. Figueiredo, P. Hammerstein.