About the Authors

Yan Cheng

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medical Laboratory, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Bethune International Peace Hospital, Shijiazhuang, China

Yan Liu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Anhui Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, China

Bin Wu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Jiangsu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China

Jian-zhi Zhang

Affiliation School of Health Professions, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Jiang Gu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medical Laboratory, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Ya-ling Liao

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medical Laboratory, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Fu-kun Wang

Affiliation Bethune International Peace Hospital, Shijiazhuang, China

Xu-hu Mao

xuyu@UTMB.EDU (XJY); maoxh2012@hotmail.com (XM)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medical Laboratory, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xue-jie Yu

xuyu@UTMB.EDU (XJY); maoxh2012@hotmail.com (XM)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XjY XM. Performed the experiments: YC YL JZ BW JG YlL FkW. Analyzed the data: YC XjY. Wrote the paper: YC XjY.