About the Authors

Mengmeng Ma

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Benjamin D. Anderson

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Tao Wang

Affiliations Zhongshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China, Zhongshan Institute, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China

Yingan Chen

Affiliation Guangzhou Baiyun Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Dingmei Zhang

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Key Laboratory for Tropical Disease Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Gregory C. Gray

lujiahai@mail.sysu.edu.cn (JL); gregory.gray@duke.edu (GCG)

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jiahai Lu

lujiahai@mail.sysu.edu.cn (JL); gregory.gray@duke.edu (GCG)

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Zhongshan Institute, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China, Key Laboratory for Tropical Disease Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GCG JL. Performed the experiments: MM TW YC DZ. Analyzed the data: MM BDA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL TW YC DZ. Wrote the paper: MM GCG.