About the Authors

Xuefeng Duan

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Takashi Imai

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Bin Chou

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Liping Tu

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Kunisuke Himeno

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Kazutomo Suzue

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Makoto Hirai

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Tomoyo Taniguchi

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Hiroko Okada

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Chikako Shimokawa

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Hajime Hisaeda

hisa@gunma-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XD HH. Performed the experiments: XD TI BC. Analyzed the data: XD TI KH KS MH TT HO CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LT. Wrote the paper: XD HH.