About the Authors

Joseph D. Tucker

jtucker4@partners.org

Affiliations Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Guangdong Provincial STD Control Center, Guangzhou, China

Hua Peng

Affiliation Guangdong Provincial STD Control Center, Guangzhou, China

Kaidi Wang

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Helena Chang

Affiliation Urology Department, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Sen-Miao Zhang

Affiliation Guangdong Provincial STD Control Center, Guangzhou, China

Li-Gang Yang

Affiliation Guangdong Provincial STD Control Center, Guangzhou, China

Bin Yang

Affiliation Guangdong Provincial STD Control Center, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JT HP BY LY. Performed the experiments: HP KW SZ HC. Analyzed the data: JT KW BY LY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KW HC. Wrote the paper: JT KW HP SZ BY LY HC.