About the Authors

Oon Tek Ng

oong@jhsph.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland, United States of America, Department of Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Li Lin

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Oliver Laeyendecker

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas C. Quinn

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Yong Jiang Sun

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Cheng Chuan Lee

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Yee Sin Leo

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OTN LL OL TCQ CCL YSL YJS. Performed the experiments: OTN CCL YJS. Analyzed the data: OTN YJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OL TCQ CCL YSL. Wrote the paper: OTN LL OL TCQ CCL YSL.