About the Authors

Ge Nie

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Ting Wang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Shengjun Lu

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Wenqi Liu

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Yonglong Li

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Jiahui Lei

leijiahui@hust.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLL WQL JHL. Performed the experiments: GN SJL JHL. Analyzed the data: GN YLL JHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TW YLL JHL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GN YLL JHL.