About the Authors

Fan-Ya Meng

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, China, Department of Immunization and Prevention, Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, China

Yong Sun

Affiliation Department of Immunization and Prevention, Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, China

Yong-Gang Shen

Affiliation Department of Immunization and Prevention, Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, China

Hai-Feng Pan

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, China

Ji-Hai Tang

Affiliation Department of Immunization and Prevention, Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, China

Bin-Bing Wang

Affiliation Department of Immunization and Prevention, Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, China

Chang-Hao Wu

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Dong-Qing Ye

ydqahmu@gmail.com.

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DY FM YS. Data curation: DY FM JT. Formal analysis: FM YS. Funding acquisition: DY HP FM. Investigation: FM YS. Methodology: FM YS BW. Project administration: DY YGS CW. Resources: DY FM YGS. Software: FM HP. Supervision: DY HP JT. Validation: DY FM YS. Visualization: FM YS. Writing – original draft: FM DY. Writing – review & editing: FM DY CW.