About the Authors

Shan Lv

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Yi Zhang

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Shao-Rong Chen

Affiliation Institute of Research and Control of Schistosomiasis in Dali Prefecture, Dali, People's Republic of China

Li-Bo Wang

Affiliation Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Puer, People's Republic of China

Wen Fang

Affiliation Institute of Research and Control of Schistosomiasis in Dali Prefecture, Dali, People's Republic of China

Feng Chen

Affiliation Institute of Research and Control of Schistosomiasis in Dali Prefecture, Dali, People's Republic of China

Jin-Yong Jiang

Affiliation Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Puer, People's Republic of China

Yuan-Lin Li

Affiliation Institute of Research and Control of Schistosomiasis in Dali Prefecture, Dali, People's Republic of China

Zun-Wei Du

Affiliation Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Puer, People's Republic of China

Xiao-Nong Zhou

ipdzhouxn@sh163.net

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL YZ YLL ZWD XNZ. Performed the experiments: SL YZ SRC LBW WF FC JYJ ZWD. Analyzed the data: SL SRC LBW JYJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL SRC LBW WF FC YLL ZWD. Wrote the paper: SL XNZ.