About the Authors

Ying-Si Lai

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Xiao-Nong Zhou

Affiliations National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Zhi-Heng Pan

Affiliation Tianjin Modern Vocational Technology College, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Jürg Utzinger

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Penelope Vounatsou

penelope.vounatsou@unibas.ch

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YSL PV. Performed the experiments: YSL. Analyzed the data: YSL PV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XNZ ZHP. Wrote the paper: YSL JU PV. Conceptualized the project: YSL XNZ JU PV. Provided important intellectual content: XNZ JU PV.