About the Authors

Shuai Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of CAAS, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Wei Wei

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of CAAS, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Yadong Zheng

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of CAAS, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Junling Hou

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of CAAS, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Yongxi Dou

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of CAAS, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Shaohua Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of CAAS, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Xuenong Luo

xuenongluo@yahoo.com.cn (XL); wslanzhou@126.com (XC)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of CAAS, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Xuepeng Cai

xuenongluo@yahoo.com.cn (XL); wslanzhou@126.com (XC)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of CAAS, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XPC SW XNL YDZ WW. Performed the experiments: SW XNL YDZ WW JLH YXD SHZ XPC. Analyzed the data: SW XNL YDZ WW JLH YXD SHZ XPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW WW. Wrote the paper: XPC SW XNL YDZ WW. Designed the software used in analysis: SW WW.