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.