About the Authors

Rui-Rui Peng

Affiliation National Center for STD Control, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China

Alberta L. Wang

Affiliations National Center for STD Control, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jing Li

Affiliation National Center for STD Control, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China

Joseph D. Tucker

Affiliation Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yue-Ping Yin

Affiliation National Center for STD Control, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China

Xiang-Sheng Chen

chenxs@ncstdlc.org

Affiliation National Center for STD Control, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: X-SC. Performed the experiments: R-RP JL. Analyzed the data: R-RP ALW. Wrote the paper: R-RP ALW JDT Y-PY X-SC.