About the Authors

Herman Tse

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunity, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Hoi-Wah Tsoi

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

Jade L. L. Teng

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

Xin-Chun Chen

Affiliation Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Institute of Hepatology, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China

Haiying Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Boping Zhou

Affiliation Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Institute of Hepatology, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China

Bo-Jian Zheng

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunity, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Patrick C. Y. Woo

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunity, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Susanna K. P. Lau

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunity, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Kwok-Yung Yuen

kyyuen@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunity, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT PCYW SKPL KYY. Performed the experiments: HWT JLLT. Analyzed the data: HT HWT JLLT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XCC HL BZ BJZ PCYW SKPL KYY. Wrote the paper: HT KYY.