About the Authors

Hui-Cong Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-Cong Huang, Chang-Wang Pan

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China, Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China

Li-Li Yao

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China

Zeng-Mei Song

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China

Xing-Pan Li

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China

Qian-Qian Hua

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China

Qiang Li

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Ruian, Zhejiang, P. R. China

Chang-Wang Pan

Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-Cong Huang, Chang-Wang Pan

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China

Chao-Ming Xia

XCM624@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The spectroscopy studies were outsourced to the staff of the Shanghai Branch of New Life Biotechnology Co., Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCH CMX CWP. Performed the experiments: HCH LLY ZMS QL. Analyzed the data: HCH LLY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XPL QQH. Wrote the paper: HCH CMX.