About the Authors

Jiabao Xu

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Mariangela Bonizzoni

Affiliations Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Daibin Zhong

Affiliation Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Guofa Zhou

Affiliation Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Songwu Cai

Affiliation Department of Vector Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China

Yiji Li

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Xiaoming Wang

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Eugenia Lo

Affiliation Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Rebecca Lee

Affiliation Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Roger Sheen

Affiliation Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Jinhua Duan

Affiliation Department of Vector Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China

Guiyun Yan

guiyuny@uci.edu (GY); xgchen2001@hotmail.com (XGC)

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Xiao-Guang Chen

guiyuny@uci.edu (GY); xgchen2001@hotmail.com (XGC)

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB DZ GY XGC. Performed the experiments: JX RL RS DZ XW. Analyzed the data: JX DZ GZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC JX MB SC YL JD. Wrote the paper: JX MB GZ EL GY XGC.