About the Authors

Menghuai Sun

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Medical School and Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Nanjing Children’s Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Kunlong Yan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Nanjing Children’s Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Chunyang Wang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Clinical Medical College, Xi’an Medical University, Xi’an, China

Jiao Xing

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Nanjing Children’s Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Zhaojun Duan

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Yu Jin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

jinyuldyy@163.com (YJ); zxing@umn.edu (ZX)

Affiliations Medical School and Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Nanjing Children’s Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Carol J. Cardona

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Zheng Xing

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

jinyuldyy@163.com (YJ); zxing@umn.edu (ZX)

Affiliations Medical School and Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

We have read the journal’s policy and there is no competing conflict of interest.