About the Authors

Kun Yang

Affiliations College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Schistosomiasis, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, People's Republic of China

Jeffrey LeJeune

Affiliation Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Doug Alsdorf

Affiliation School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Bo Lu

Affiliation College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

C. K. Shum

Affiliation School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Song Liang

sliang@cph.osu.edu

Affiliation College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL JL DA. Performed the experiments: KY SL. Analyzed the data: KY SL BL CKS. Wrote the paper: KY SL JL DA BL CKS.