About the Authors

Qiong-Fang Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Jian-Ying Shao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Wen-Wei Yin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Yang Xia

Affiliation Department of Urinary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqiong, China

Ling Chen

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Xing Wang

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqiong, China

Huai-Dong Hu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Peng Hu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Hong Ren

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Da-Zhi Zhang

dzhzhang@yahoo.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DZZ HR. Data curation: DZZ. Formal analysis: QFZ YX XW. Funding acquisition: DZZ HR. Methodology: PH HDH. Project administration: DZZ. Software: QFZ JYS WWY. Supervision: DZZ HR. Validation: QFZ JYS WWY YX XW LC PH HDH DZZ HR. Writing - original draft: QFZ. Writing - review & editing: QFZ JYS DZZ.