About the Authors

Andrew C. Kotze

andrew.kotze@csiro.au

Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia

Peter Steinmann

Affiliations National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Hui Zhou

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

Zun-Wei Du

Affiliation Helminthiasis Division, Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Pu'er, People's Republic of China

Xiao-Nong Zhou

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: ACK PS HZ X-NZ. Performed the experiments: PS HZ Z-WD. Analyzed the data: ACK. Wrote the paper: ACK PS.