About the Authors

Yingtao Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yingtao Zhang, Tao Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China

Tao Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yingtao Zhang, Tao Wang

Affiliations Zhongshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, Zhongshan Institute of School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, P. R. China

Kangkang Liu

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China

Yao Xia

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China

Yi Lu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, United States of America

Qinlong Jing

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China

Zhicong Yang

Affiliation Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China

Wenbiao Hu

w2.hu@qut.edu.au (WH); lujiahai@mail.sysu.edu.cn (JL)

Affiliations School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Jiahai Lu

w2.hu@qut.edu.au (WH); lujiahai@mail.sysu.edu.cn (JL)

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, Zhongshan Institute of School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases Control of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, One Health Center of Excellence for Research and Training, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, Institute of Emergency Technology for Serious Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology; Emergency Management Office, the People’s Government of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Center of Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL WH YZ. Performed the experiments: TW JL ZY QJ. Analyzed the data: YZ KL YX. Wrote the paper: YZ YL WH JL.