Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 2 in China: Systematic
review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions
Yehua Wang 1†, Xumeng Yan 1†, Wei Ai2†, Rongyi Chen3, Yuanxi Jia4, Chengxin Fan 2, Siyue Hu1, Yifan Dai 1, Huichen Xue1, Feifei Li 1, Jingbo Zhai5, Xuefeng Xia6, Chunfu Zheng7*, Weiming Tang 1,3*
1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Project-China, Guangzhou, China
2 School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University,
Nanjing, China
3Department of STD Clinic, Dermatology Hospital of
Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
4 Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese
Academy of Science, Shenzhen, China
5 Key
Laboratory of Zoonose Prevention and Control at Universities of Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region, Medical College, Inner Mongolia Minzu
University, Tongliao, 028000, China
6 GenePlus-Beijing Institute, Beijing, China
7 Department of Microbiology, Immunology and
Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
†These authors have contributed equally to this work and share the first
authorship
* Correspondence: Chunfu Zheng
(zheng.alan@hotmail.com);
Weiming Tang (weiming_tang@med.unc.edu).
Keywords: Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), Epidemiology, Systematic
review and meta-analysis.