About the Authors

Hongli Dong

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Fuhua Pi

Affiliation Department of Sports, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Zan Ding

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Wei Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Shaojie Pang

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Wenya Dong

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Qingying Zhang

qyzhang@stu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HLD QYZ. Performed the experiments: HLD FHP ZD WC SJP WYD. Analyzed the data: HLD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QYZ. Wrote the paper: HLD QYZ.