About the Authors

Yan-Yan Chen

Affiliations Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China

Jian-Bing Liu

miaoxp@gmail.com (XPM); hbcdcxf@126.com (JBL)

Affiliation Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China

Xi-Bao Huang

Affiliation Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China

Shun-Xiang Cai

Affiliation Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China

Zheng-Ming Su

Affiliation Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China

Rong Zhong

Affiliation Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Li Zou

Affiliation Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Xiao-Ping Miao

miaoxp@gmail.com (XPM); hbcdcxf@126.com (JBL)

Affiliation Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YYC JBL XBH SXC XPM. Performed the experiments: YYC JBL XBH SXC ZMS XPM. Analyzed the data: YYC JBL ZMS RZ LZ XPM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JBL XBH SXC XPM. Wrote the paper: YYC JBL XPM.