About the Authors

Zhen Zhang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UMNDJ-Newark, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Anca Selariu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UMNDJ-Newark, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Charles Warden

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UMNDJ-Newark, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Grace Huang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UMNDJ-Newark, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Ying Huang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UMNDJ-Newark, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Oluleke Zaccheus

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UMNDJ-Newark, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Tong Cheng

Affiliation National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Ningshao Xia

Affiliation National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Hua Zhu

zhuhu@umdnj.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UMNDJ-Newark, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ AS TC NX HZ. Performed the experiments: ZZ AS CW GH YH OZ TC NX. Analyzed the data: ZZ AS CW GH YH OZ TC NX HZ. Wrote the paper: ZZ AS CW HZ.