About the Authors

Yi-Cheng Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Cheng Wu, Quan Qian, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Zhi-Hai Han

Affiliation Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Quan Qian

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Cheng Wu, Quan Qian, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Zhi-Hai Han

Affiliation Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Cheng Wu, Quan Qian, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Zhi-Hai Han

Affiliations Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Child Health Research Center, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Zhi-Hai Han

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Cheng Wu, Quan Qian, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Zhi-Hai Han

Affiliation Navy General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Wen-Biao Hu

Affiliation School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Ubydul Haque

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Thomas A. Weppelmann

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Yong Wang

Affiliation Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Yun-Xi Liu

Affiliation Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Xin-Lou Li

Affiliation 517 Military Hospital, Kelan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

Hai-Long Sun

Affiliation Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Yan-Song Sun

Affiliation Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Archie C. A. Clements

Affiliation Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Shen-Long Li

lishenlong@sohu.com (SLL); zwy0419@126.com (WYZ)

Affiliation Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Wen-Yi Zhang

lishenlong@sohu.com (SLL); zwy0419@126.com (WYZ)

Affiliation Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WYZ SLL. Performed the experiments: YCW QQ XLL HLS. Analyzed the data: YCW ZHH WYZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WBH UH TAW YW YXL ACAC. Wrote the paper: YCW RJSM YSS WYZ.