About the Authors

Suki M. Y. Lee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Jennifer L. Gardy

Affiliation British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

C. Y. Cheung

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Timothy K. W. Cheung

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Kenrie P. Y. Hui

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Nancy Y. Ip

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology Research Institute, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Y. Guan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Robert E. W. Hancock

Affiliation Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

J. S. Malik Peiris

malik@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, The University of Hong Kong-Pasteur Research Centre, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SML CYC JSMP. Performed the experiments: SML TKWC KPYH. Analyzed the data: SML JLG REWH JSMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NYI YG REWH JSMP. Wrote the paper: SML JLG REWH JSMP.