Juerg Utzinger and Xiao-Nong Zhou, co-authors of this article, are also editors of the Thematic Series 'Aspects of Parasitology in the People's Republic of China: Surveillance, Diagnosis, Infection and Immunity'. To avoid any possible conflicts of interests, this article was edited by Chris Arme, Editor-in-Chief of Parasites and Vectors.
Editorial Declaration
14 September 2011
Juerg Utzinger and Xiao-Nong Zhou, co-authors of this article, are also editors of the Thematic Series 'Aspects of Parasitology in the People's Republic of China: Surveillance, Diagnosis, Infection and Immunity'. To avoid any possible conflicts of interests, this article was edited by Chris Arme, Editor-in-Chief of Parasites and Vectors.
Competing interests
none declared