About the Authors

Herman Tse

Contributed equally to this work with: Herman Tse, Alan K. L. Tsang, Hoi-Wah Tsoi

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Alan K. L. Tsang

Contributed equally to this work with: Herman Tse, Alan K. L. Tsang, Hoi-Wah Tsoi

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Hoi-Wah Tsoi

Contributed equally to this work with: Herman Tse, Alan K. L. Tsang, Hoi-Wah Tsoi

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Andy S. P. Leung

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Chi-Chun Ho

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Susanna K. P. Lau

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Patrick C. Y. Woo

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Kwok-Yung Yuen

kyyuen@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT KYY. Performed the experiments: AKLT HWT CCH ASPL. Analyzed the data: SKL PCYW. Wrote the paper: HT KYY.