About the Authors

Sumathi Ramachandran

dcq6@cdc.gov

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Xiangjun Zhai

Affiliation Jiangsu Centers for Disease Control, Jiangsu, China

Hong Thai

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Davis S. Campo

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Guoliang Xia

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lilia M. Ganova-Raeva

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jan Drobeniuc

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yury E. Khudyakov

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR YEK. Performed the experiments: SR XZ HT LMGR JD. Analyzed the data: SR DSC GX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR YEK. Wrote the paper: SR YEK.