About the Authors

Yu-Bao Zheng

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Sun Yat-Sen University, Ministry of Education, Gangding, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Xiao-Hong Zhang

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Zhan-Lian Huang

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Chao-Shuang Lin

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Jing Lai

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Yu-Rong Gu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Bin-Liang Lin

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Dong-Ying Xie

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Shi-Bin Xie

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Liang Peng

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Zhi-Liang Gao

zhilianggao@21cn.com

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Sun Yat-Sen University, Ministry of Education, Gangding, Guangzhou City, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y-BZ Z-LG. Performed the experiments: Y-BZ X-HZ Z-LH C-SL JL. Analyzed the data: Y-BZ Y-RG B-LL D-YX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y-BZ X-HZ S-BX LP. Wrote the paper: Y-BZ Z-LG.