About the Authors

Hongjie Yu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Wladimir J. Alonso

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Luzhao Feng

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Yi Tan

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yuelong Shu

Affiliation National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Key Laboratory for Medical Virology, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Beijing, China

Weizhong Yang

viboudc@mail.nih.gov (CV); yangwz@chinacdc.cn (WY)

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Cécile Viboud

viboudc@mail.nih.gov (CV); yangwz@chinacdc.cn (WY)

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HY WA CV. Performed the experiments: WA CV. Analyzed the data: LF YT WA CV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS WY. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: CV. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HY WA YT LF YS WY CV. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: HY WA YT LF YS WY CV. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: HY WA YT LF YS WY CV.