About the Authors

Yanjun Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanjun Li, Erhei Dai, Yujun Cui

Affiliation Laboratory of Analytical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

Erhei Dai

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanjun Li, Erhei Dai, Yujun Cui

Affiliation Laboratory of Analytical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

Yujun Cui

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanjun Li, Erhei Dai, Yujun Cui

Affiliation Laboratory of Analytical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

Min Li

Affiliation Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Xining, China

Yujiang Zhang

Affiliation The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

Mingshou Wu

Affiliation Yunnan Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Yunnan, China

Dongsheng Zhou

Affiliation Laboratory of Analytical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

Zhaobiao Guo

Affiliation Laboratory of Analytical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

Xiang Dai

Affiliation The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

Baizhong Cui

Affiliation Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Xining, China

Zhizhen Qi

Affiliation Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Xining, China

Zuyun Wang

Affiliation Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Xining, China

Hu Wang

Affiliation Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control, Xining, China

Xingqi Dong

Affiliation Yunnan Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Yunnan, China

Zhizhong Song

Affiliation Yunnan Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Yunnan, China

Junhui Zhai

Affiliation Laboratory of Analytical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

Yajun Song

ruifuyang@gmail.com (RY); songyajun88@yahoo.com.cn (YS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Analytical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

Ruifu Yang

ruifuyang@gmail.com (RY); songyajun88@yahoo.com.cn (YS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Analytical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RY YL ED YC DZ JZ YS. Performed the experiments: YL ED YC. Analyzed the data: YL ED YC YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML YZ MW ZG XD BC ZW HW XD ZS ZQ. Wrote the paper: RY YL ED YC YS.