About the Authors

Mai-Juan Ma

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Hai-Bing Wang

Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Shijiazhuang Fifth Hospital, Hebei, People's Republic of China

Hao Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Jun-Hai Yang

Affiliation Physical Examination Department, Beijing Electronic Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Yan Yan

Affiliation Physical Examination Department, Beijing Electronic Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Lan-Pin Xie

Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Hebei Chest Hospital, Hebei, People's Republic of China

Ying-Cheng Qi

Affiliation Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Chest Hospital, Urumqi, People's Republic of China

Jun-Lian Li

Affiliation Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Chest Hospital, Urumqi, People's Republic of China

Mei-Juan Chen

Affiliation Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Chest Hospital, Urumqi, People's Republic of China

Wei Liu

liu_weis@sohu.com (WL); caowc@nic.bmi.ac.cn (W-CC)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Wu-Chun Cao

liu_weis@sohu.com (WL); caowc@nic.bmi.ac.cn (W-CC)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M-JM WL W-CC. Performed the experiments: M-JM HL. Analyzed the data: M-JM WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL J-HY YY H-BW L-PX Y-CQ J-LL M-JC. Wrote the paper: M-JM.