About the Authors

Zhi-yong Tao

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhi-yong Tao, Qiang Fang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, People's Republic of China

Qiang Fang

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhi-yong Tao, Qiang Fang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, People's Republic of China

Xue Liu

Affiliation Bengbu First People's Hospital, Bengbu, People's Republic of China

Richard Culleton

Affiliation Malaria Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan

Li Tao

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, People's Republic of China

Hui Xia

xiahui912@163.com (HX); gaoqi54@hotmail.com (QG)

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, People's Republic of China

Qi Gao

xiahui912@163.com (HX); gaoqi54@hotmail.com (QG)

Affiliations Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, People's Republic of China, Key Laboratory on Technology for Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Wuxi, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.