About the Authors

Le Liang

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliations National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research); Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China; World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai, China, The School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Yujuan Shen

Roles Methodology

Affiliations National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research); Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China; World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China, The School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Yuan Hu

Roles Methodology

Affiliations National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research); Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China; World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China, The School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Haipeng Liu

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, Central Laboratory, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Jianping Cao

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

caojp@yahoo.com

Affiliations National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research); Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China; World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China, The School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.