About the Authors

Xuhua Guan

Affiliation Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei, People's Republic of China

Benjamin J. Silk

Affiliations Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Emerging Infections and Surveillance Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Wenkai Li

Affiliation Division of Emerging Infections and Surveillance Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Aaron T. Fleischauer

Affiliation Division of Emerging Infections and Surveillance Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Xuesen Xing

Affiliation Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei, People's Republic of China

Xiaoqing Jiang

Affiliation Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei, People's Republic of China

Hongjie Yu

Affiliation Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Sonja J. Olsen

Affiliation Division of Emerging Infections and Surveillance Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Adam L. Cohen

dvj1@cdc.gov

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XG BJS WL ATF HY SJO AC. Performed the experiments: XG BJS WL XX XJ SJO AC. Analyzed the data: XG BJS WL ATF XX XJ HY SJO AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XG BJS WL SJO AC. Wrote the paper: XG BJS WL ATF HY SJO AC.