About the Authors

Weizhe Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Weizhe Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China

Xiaoli Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Weizhe Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China

Rongjun Wang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China

Aiqin Liu

liuaiqin1128@126.com (AL); zhanglx8999@yahoo.com.cn (LZ)

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China

Yujuan Shen

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Hong Ling

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China

Jianping Cao

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Fengkun Yang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China

Xiaoyun Zhang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China

Longxian Zhang

liuaiqin1128@126.com (AL); zhanglx8999@yahoo.com.cn (LZ)

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL LZ WZ. Performed the experiments: WZ Xiaoli Zhang AL. Analyzed the data: RW Xiaoyun Zhang WZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS JC LZ HL FY. Wrote the paper: WZ AL.