About the Authors

Anna Bachmann

bachmann@bni-hamburg.de

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Michaela Petter

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia

Ann-Kathrin Tilly

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Laura Biller

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Karin A. Uliczka

Current address: Division of Innate Immunity, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Michael F. Duffy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia

Egbert Tannich

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Iris Bruchhaus

Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB MP LB ET IB. Performed the experiments: AB AT KAU. Analyzed the data: AB MP MFD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP MFD. Wrote the paper: AB MP MFD IB.