About the Authors

Jun-Fang Xu

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

Jing Xu

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

Shi-Zhu Li

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

Tia-Wu Jia

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

Xi-Bao Huang

Affiliation Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China

Hua-Ming Zhang

Affiliation Jiangling Institute of Schistosomiasis Control, Jiangling County, Hubei, People's Republic of China

Mei Chen

Affiliation Jiangling Institute of Schistosomiasis Control, Jiangling County, Hubei, People's Republic of China

Guo-Jing Yang

Affiliations School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Jockey Club Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Shu-Jing Gao

Affiliation Normal University of Gannan, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China

Qing-Yun Wang

Affiliation Normal University of Gannan, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China

Xiao-Nong Zhou

ipdzhouxn@sh163.net

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFX XNZ. Performed the experiments: JFX JX SZL TWJ XBH HMZ MC XNZ. Analyzed the data: JFX GJY SJG QYW XNZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFX JX SZL TWJ SJG QYW XNZ. Wrote the paper: JFX JX SZL TWJ XNZ.