About the Authors

Lei Wang

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China, Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China

Xiaohuan Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China

Kuo Bi

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China

Ximeng Sun

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China

Jing Yang

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China

Yuan Gu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China

Jingjing Huang

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China

Bin Zhan

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xinping Zhu

zhuxping@ccmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ. Performed the experiments: LW XW. Analyzed the data: XS JY YG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB JH. Wrote the paper: LW XZ BZ.