About the Authors

James P. J. Hall

james.hall@york.ac.uk

Current address: Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Huanhuan Wang

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

J. David Barry

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Since working on this project as part of her Masters degree, Huanhuan Wang has taken up a post as a clinical microbiologist at 3M.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDB JPJH. Performed the experiments: JPJH HW. Analyzed the data: JPJH JDB. Wrote the paper: JPJH JDB.