About the Authors

Linxiang Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Linxiang Chen, Ying Cai

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shantou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Ying Cai

Contributed equally to this work with: Linxiang Chen, Ying Cai

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shantou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Guangbiao Zhou

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shantou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Xiaojun Shi

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Jianhui Su

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shantou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Guanwu Chen

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shantou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Kun Lin

klin@stu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL YC. Performed the experiments: LXC GBZ. Analyzed the data: LXC YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LXC GBZ XJS JHS GWC. Wrote the paper: LXC. Revised the manuscript: LXC YC KL.