About the Authors

Bahador Sarkari

sarkarib@sums.ac.ir

Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Basic Sciences in Infectious Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Tahereh Naraki

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Mohammad Amin Ghatee

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Samaneh Abdolahi Khabisi

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Mohammad Hassan Davami

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS. Performed the experiments: TN MAG. Analyzed the data: BS MHD SAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS MHD MAG SAK. Wrote the paper: BS TN SAK.