About the Authors

Ben J. Mans

mansb@arc.agric.za

Affiliations Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa, The Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Daniel de Klerk

Affiliation Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Ronel Pienaar

Affiliation Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Minique H. de Castro

Affiliation The Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Abdalla A. Latif

Affiliations Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa, The Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

B.J. Mans is currently serving on the Editorial Board of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJM DDK RP MDC AAL. Performed the experiments: BJM DDK RP MDC AAL. Analyzed the data: BJM DDK RP MDC AAL. Wrote the paper: BJM DDK RP MDC AAL.