About the Authors

Hongbin Tang

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Center, medicine school, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Zhenping Ming

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Rong Liu

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Tao Xiong

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Christoph G. Grevelding

Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Huifeng Dong

hfdong@whu.edu.cn (HD) (HD); msjiang@whu.edu.cn (MJ) (MJ)

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Mingsen Jiang

hfdong@whu.edu.cn (HD) (HD); msjiang@whu.edu.cn (MJ) (MJ)

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HBT HFD MSJ. Performed the experiments: HBT ZPM RL TX. Analyzed the data: HBT RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HBT RL. Wrote the paper: HBT RL CGG MSJ.