About the Authors

Jing-Wei Cheng

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Meng Xiao

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Timothy Kudinha

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR–Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Darcy Road, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, The Charles Sturt University, Leeds Parade, Orange, New South Wales, Australia

Zhi-Peng Xu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Lin-Ying Sun

Affiliation Teaching and Research Section of Clinical Laboratory, School of Public Health, Taishan Medical School, Taian, Shandong, China

Xin Hou

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Li Zhang

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Xin Fan

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Fanrong Kong

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR–Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Darcy Road, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Ying-Chun Xu

xycpumch@139.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCX JWC MX. Performed the experiments: JWC ZPX XH LYS LZ XF. Analyzed the data: JWC MX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LYS LZ XF. Wrote the paper: JWC MX TK FK.