Wang, Dan min
Lin, Ling
Peng, Jian hua
Gong, Yao
Hou, Zhi duo
Chen, Su biao
Xiao, Zheng yu
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81672640)
the Department of Education, Guangdong Government under the Top-tier University Development Scheme for Research and Control of Infectious Diseases (2015045)
Sail plan training high-level personnel project of Guangdong Province (174019)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2014A030313484)
Shantou University Medical College Clinical Research Enhancement Initiative (2014110109)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2017
Accepted: 17 April 2018
First Online: 8 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This research was approved by the ethics committee of the Medical College of Shantou University. All patients provided written informed consent, while the families of the deceased provided informed consent for the usage of autopsy specimens.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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