About the Authors

Lei Zhou

fengzj@chinacdc.cn (ZF); zhoulei@chinacdc.cn (LZ)

Affiliation Public Health Emergency Center, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Sujian Situ

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Zijian Feng

fengzj@chinacdc.cn (ZF); zhoulei@chinacdc.cn (LZ)

Affiliation Public Health Emergency Center, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Charisma Y. Atkins

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Isaac Chun-Hai Fung

Affiliations U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States of America

Zhen Xu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease, Division of Infectious Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Ting Huang

Affiliation Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Shixiong Hu

Affiliation Hunan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, China

Xianjun Wang

Affiliation Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, Shandong, China

Martin I. Meltzer

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ ZJF. Performed the experiments: LZ SJS CYA ICHF MIM. Analyzed the data: LZ SJS CYA ICHF MIM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ SJS CYA ICHF MIM. Wrote the paper: LZ. Interpreted the findings, commented on and helped revise drafts of the manuscrip: SJS MIM ICHF CYA. Assisted in data collection and management: ZX TH SXH XJW.