About the Authors

Shahram Khademvatan

Contributed equally to this work with: Shahram Khademvatan, Fakher Rahim

khademvatan@yahoo.com (SK); Fakherraheem@yahoo.com (FR)

Affiliations Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran, Department of Medical Parasitology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Fakher Rahim

Contributed equally to this work with: Shahram Khademvatan, Fakher Rahim

khademvatan@yahoo.com (SK); Fakherraheem@yahoo.com (FR)

Affiliation Toxicology Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Mahdi Tavalla

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Rahman Abdizadeh

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Mahmoud Hashemitabar

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK. Performed the experiments: SK MT RA. Analyzed the data: MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FR. Wrote the paper: SK FR.