About the Authors

Ran Sun

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

Xi Zhao

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

Zixia Wang

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

Jing Yang

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

Limei Zhao

Affiliation Department of 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 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: XZhu. Performed the experiments: RS. Analyzed the data: XZha ZW LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY XZha. Wrote the paper: RS XZhu BZ.