Wei, Furong
Gong, Wenci
Wang, Junyun
Yang, Yuetao
Liu, Jianxiu
Wang, Yanjuan
Cao, Jianping
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81772225)
the Chinese Special Program for Scientific Research of Public Health (201502021)
the Fourth Round of Three-Year Public Health Action Plan of Shanghai, China (15GWZK0101)
Article History
Received: 20 November 2018
Accepted: 23 May 2019
First Online: 29 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the Ministry of Science and Technology, China. The protocol was approved by the Laboratory Animals Welfare and Ethics Committee of National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (Permit Number: IPD-2014-2). All the animal carcasses were disposed of by the Shanghai Animal Harmless Treatment Center. A special effort was made to reduce the number of mice used in the study, to provide them with the most comfortable conditions, and to minimize animal suffering where possible.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.