About the Authors

Xin Hou

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Fazhi Yu

Affiliation College of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Suqin Man

Affiliation College of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Dake Huang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Yuxia Zhang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Miao Liu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Cuiping Ren

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Jijia Shen

shenjijia@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XH JS. Performed the experiments: XH FY SM DH YZ ML. Analyzed the data: XH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XH CR. Wrote the paper: XH JS.