About the Authors

Xiang-Sheng Chen

chenxs@ncstdlc.org

Affiliation National Center for Sexually Translated Disease (STD) Control and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China

Yue-Ping Yin

Affiliation National Center for Sexually Translated Disease (STD) Control and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China

Crystal Shen

Affiliations National Center for Sexually Translated Disease (STD) Control and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Guo-Gu Liu

Affiliation Health Bureau of Liuzhou City, Liuzhou, China

Zheng-Jun Zhu

Affiliation Jiangmen Center for STD Control, Jiangmen, China

Wan-Hui Wei

Affiliation National Center for Sexually Translated Disease (STD) Control and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China

Hong-Chun Wang

Affiliation National Center for Sexually Translated Disease (STD) Control and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China

Shui-Jie Huang

Affiliation Jiangmen Center for STD Control, Jiangmen, China

Jing Li

Affiliation National Center for Sexually Translated Disease (STD) Control and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China

Joseph D. Tucker

Affiliation University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

David C. Mabey

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Rosanna W. Peeling

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XSC YPY DCM RWP. Performed the experiments: XSC YPY GGL ZJZ WHW HCW SJH. Analyzed the data: XSC CS JL. Wrote the paper: XSC CS JDT.