About the Authors

Cheng Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Cheng Wang, Jason J. Ong, Peizhen Zhao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

wangcheng090705@gmail.com (CW); jdtucker@med.unc.edu (JDT); yangbin101@hotmail.com (BY)

Affiliations Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Southern Medical University Institute for Global Health and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Jason J. Ong

Contributed equally to this work with: Cheng Wang, Jason J. Ong, Peizhen Zhao

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Peizhen Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Cheng Wang, Jason J. Ong, Peizhen Zhao

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliations Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Southern Medical University Institute for Global Health and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Ann Marie Weideman

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research Biostatistics Core, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Weiming Tang

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Southern Medical University Institute for Global Health and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

M. Kumi Smith

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Michael Marks

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Hongyun Fu

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Community Health and Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Weibin Cheng

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Southern Medical University Institute for Global Health and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Fern Terris-Prestholt

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Heping Zheng

Roles Visualization

Affiliations Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Southern Medical University Institute for Global Health and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Joseph D. Tucker

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

wangcheng090705@gmail.com (CW); jdtucker@med.unc.edu (JDT); yangbin101@hotmail.com (BY)

Affiliations Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Bin Yang

Roles Project administration

wangcheng090705@gmail.com (CW); jdtucker@med.unc.edu (JDT); yangbin101@hotmail.com (BY)

Affiliations Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Southern Medical University Institute for Global Health and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.