About the Authors

Xian-Hong Wang

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Xiao-Nong Zhou

ipdzhouxn@sh163.net

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Penelope Vounatsou

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Zhao Chen

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Jürg Utzinger

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Kun Yang

Affiliations National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, People's Republic of China

Peter Steinmann

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Xiao-Hua Wu

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: X. Wang, X. Zhou, Z. Chen, J. Utzinger. Performed the experiments: X. Wang, X. Zhou, Z. Chen, K. Yang, X. Wu. Analyzed the data: X. Wang, X. Zhou, P. Vounatsou, J. Utzinger, K. Yang, X. Wu. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: X. Wang, X. Zhou, P. Vounatsou, J. Utzinger, K. Yang, P. Steinmann, X. Wu. Wrote the paper: X. Wang, X. Zhou, J. Utzinger, P. Steinmann.