About the Authors

Zhengqing Wan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Precision Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Molecular Precision Medicine of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Center for Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Xiaoqing Peng

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Precision Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Molecular Precision Medicine of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Center for Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Lu Ma

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Qingshan Tian

Roles Resources

Affiliation Center for Prevention and Treatment of Echinococcosis, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining, Qinghai, China

Shizheng Wu

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining, Qinghai, China

Junqi Li

Roles Resources

Affiliation Sunrain Biotechnology Corporation, Changsha, Hunan, China

Jie Ling

Roles Resources

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Precision Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Molecular Precision Medicine of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Weigang Lv

Roles Resources

Affiliation Center for Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Binrong Ding

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Precision Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Molecular Precision Medicine of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Center for Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Jieqiong Tan

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Precision Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Molecular Precision Medicine of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Center for Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Zhuohua Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

zhangzhuohua@sklmg.edu.cn

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Precision Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Molecular Precision Medicine of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Center for Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Department of Neurosciences, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China

Competing Interests

Zhuohua Zhang, Zhengqing Wan and Jie Ling are inventors on a patent application PCT/CN2018/093254 (“Method for Detecting Parasitic Infection and Kit”) held by Xiangya Hospital, Central South University that covers the detecting method described in this manuscript. All other authors declare no competing interests.