About the Authors

Xiaoxu Han

Affiliation Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Minghui An

Affiliation Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Bin Zhao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Song Duan

Affiliation Dehong Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mangshi, Yunnan Province, China

Shaomin Yang

Affiliation AIDS Care Center, Yunnan Provincial Hospital Infectious Disease, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Junjie Xu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Min Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Jennifer M. McGoogan

Affiliation National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Yutaka Takebe

Affiliations Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Hong Shang

hongshang100@hotmail.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XXH HS. Performed the experiments: MHA BZ. Analyzed the data: XXH MHA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD SMY JJX MZ. Wrote the paper: XXH JM YT HS.