About the Authors

Yan Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan Zhang, Songtao Xu

Affiliation WHO WPRO Regional Reference Measles Lab, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Songtao Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan Zhang, Songtao Xu

Affiliation WHO WPRO Regional Reference Measles Lab, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Huiling Wang

Affiliation WHO WPRO Regional Reference Measles Lab, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Zhen Zhu

Affiliation WHO WPRO Regional Reference Measles Lab, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Yixin Ji

Affiliation WHO WPRO Regional Reference Measles Lab, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Chunyu Liu

Affiliation Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Xiaojie Zhang

Affiliation Changchun Children's Hospital, Changchun, Jilin, China

Liwei Sun

Affiliation Changchun Children's Hospital, Changchun, Jilin, China

Jianhui Zhou

Affiliation Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changchun, Jilin, China

Peishan Lu

Affiliation Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ying Hu

Affiliation Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Daxing Feng

Affiliation Henan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Zhenying Zhang

Affiliation Henan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Changyin Wang

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, Shandong, China

Xueqiang Fang

Affiliation Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, Shandong, China

Huanying Zheng

Affiliation Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Leng Liu

Affiliation Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xiaodong Sun

Affiliation Shanghai Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China

Wei Tang

Affiliation Shanghai Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China

Yan Wang

Affiliation Liaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Yan Liu

Affiliation Hebei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Baoding, Hebei, China

Hui Gao

Affiliation Shanxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Hong Tian

Affiliation Tianjin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin, China

Jiangtao Ma

Affiliation Ningxia Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China

Suyi Gu

Affiliation Innermongolia Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Huhehaote, Innermongolia, China

Shuang Wang

Affiliation Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changchun, Jilin, China

Yan Feng

Affiliation Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Fang Bo

Affiliation Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Haerbin, Heilongjiang, China

Jianfeng Liu

Affiliation Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Yuan Si

Affiliation Shannxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xi'an, Shannxi, China

Shujie Zhou

Affiliation Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, China

Yuyan Ma

Affiliation Guangxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Shengwei Wu

Affiliation Guizhou Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

Shunde Zhou

Affiliation Jiangxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Fangcai Li

Affiliation Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, China

Zhengrong Ding

Affiliation Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Zhaohui Yang

Affiliation Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Paul A. Rota

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

David Featherstone

Affiliation Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Youngmee Jee

Affiliation Expanded Programme on Immunization, Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organization, Manila, Philippines

William J. Bellini

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

Wenbo Xu

wenbo_xu1@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation WHO WPRO Regional Reference Measles Lab, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WBX. Performed the experiments: YZ STX HLW ZZ YXJ CYL XJZ LWS JHZ PSL YH DXF ZYZ CYW XQF HYZ LL XDS WT YW YL HG HT JTM SYG SW YF FB JFL YS SJZ YYM SWW SDZ FCL ZRD ZHY. Analyzed the data: YZ STX HLW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAR DF YJ WJB WBX. Wrote the paper: YZ PAR DF YJ WJB WBX.