About the Authors

Xiangyang Xue

Affiliations Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Microbiology, Wenzhou Medical College, University-town, Wenzhou, China

Jun Sun

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Qingfeng Zhang

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Zhangxun Wang

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Yufu Huang

Affiliation Department of Pathogenic Biology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Weiqing Pan

wqpan0912@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliations Institute for Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Pathogenic Biology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WP. Performed the experiments: XX JS QZ ZW YH. Analyzed the data: XX JS QZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS ZW YH. Wrote the paper: XX. Revised the manuscript and finally approved the version of the manuscript for publication: WP.