About the Authors

Wen-Ge Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Ge Li, Chang-Hui Cai, Xin-Chao Cai

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan, China

Chang-Hui Cai

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Ge Li, Chang-Hui Cai, Xin-Chao Cai

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Outpatient, The Second People’s Hospital of Zhongshan City, Zhongshan, China

Xin-Chao Cai

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Ge Li, Chang-Hui Cai, Xin-Chao Cai

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Outpatient, Zhongshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhongshan, China

Shao-Chun Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

chensc@ncstdlc.org

Affiliations Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China, National Center for STD Control, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China

Stijn van der Veen

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Department of Dermatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Yue-Ping Yin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliations Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China, National Center for STD Control, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.