About the Authors

Jian-Ping Dai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Xiang-Feng Zhao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Jun Zeng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Qian-Ying Wan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Jia-Cai Yang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Wei-Zhong Li

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Xiao-Xuan Chen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Ge-Fei Wang

gfwstdx@163.com (G-FW); liksedustdx@163.com (K-SL)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Kang-Sheng Li

gfwstdx@163.com (G-FW); liksedustdx@163.com (K-SL)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-PD K-SL G-FW. Performed the experiments: J-PD X-FZ JZ J-CY. Analyzed the data: W-ZL X-FZ Q-YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: X-XC JZ. Wrote the paper: J-PD K-SL.