About the Authors
- Yong Zhang
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Affiliation Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
- Lin Lu
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Affiliation Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
- Lei Ba
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Li Liu
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Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America , State Key Laboratory of Virology, Modern Virology Research Center and AIDS Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
- Li Yang
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Affiliation Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
- Manhong Jia
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Affiliation Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
- Haibo Wang
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Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, Modern Virology Research Center and AIDS Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
- Qing Fang
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Yuhua Shi
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Affiliation Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
- Wenyun Yan
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Affiliation Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
- Guangcai Chang
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Affiliation Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
- Linqi Zhang
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Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America , State Key Laboratory of Virology, Modern Virology Research Center and AIDS Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
- David D Ho
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Zhiwei Chen
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: zchen@adarc.org
Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America , State Key Laboratory of Virology, Modern Virology Research Center and AIDS Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Z. Chen designed the study. L. Zhang, D. Ho, and Z. Chen analyzed the data. Z. Chen wrote the paper with contributions from Y. Zhang, L. Zhang, and D. Ho. Y. Zhang, L. Lu, L. Yang, M. Jia, Y. Shi, W. Yan, and G. Chang did sample collection, ELISA, Western Blot, viral RNA extraction, PCR, and data collection as well as taking part in discussions. L. Ba, L. Liu, H. Wang, Q. Fang, and Z. Chen did RT-PCR, PCR product purification, and sequencing reactions. Y. Zhang, L. Lu, and M. Jia collected and analyzed surveillance data from 80 sentinel sites and 16 prefectures. D. Ho and Z. Chen provided overall project coordination.