About the Authors

Jing Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Xu, Zhi-Xun Guan

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Zhi-Xun Guan

Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Xu, Zhi-Xun Guan

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Bo Zhao

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Yan-Yan Wang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Yun Cao

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Hui-Qin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Xing-Quan Zhu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China

Yong-Kang He

Affiliation Hunan Provincial Institute of Schistosomiasis Control, Yueyang, Hunan Province, China

Chao-Ming Xia

xiachaoming@suda.edu.cn, xcm624@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JX CMX. Performed the experiments: JX ZXG BZ YYW YC. Analyzed the data: JX CMX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JX YYW YC HQZ YKH CMX. Wrote the paper: JX CMX XQZ. Revised the paper: XQZ CMX.