About the Authors

Zhijie Zhang

epistat@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Rong Zhu

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Michael P. Ward

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Wanghong Xu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Lijuan Zhang

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Jiagang Guo

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Fei Zhao

Affiliation Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Qingwu Jiang

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZJZ RZ JGG QWJ. Performed the experiments: ZJZ RZ LJZ FZ. Analyzed the data: ZJZ RZ WHX JGG QWJ MPW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZJZ RZ MPW WHX LJZ JGG FZ QWJ. Wrote the paper: ZJZ RZ MPW WHX LJZ JGG FZ QWJ.