About the Authors

Hoi-Kuan Kong

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Hon-Wai Law

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Xuan Liu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Carmen O. K. Law

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Qing Pan

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Lin Gao

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Lifeng Xiong

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Susanna K. P. Lau

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Patrick C. Y. Woo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Terrence chi kong Lau

chiklau@cityu.edu.hk

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SKPL PCYW TCKL. Data curation: QP LX. Formal analysis: HK HL XL COKL. Funding acquisition: SKPL PCYW TCKL. Investigation: HK HL XL QP. Methodology: HK HL COKL QP. Project administration: TCKL. Resources: SKPL PCYW TCKL. Supervision: SKPL PCYW TCKL. Validation: HK HL COKL LX. Visualization: HK HL LG. Writing – original draft: HK XL TCKL. Writing – review & editing: HK TCKL.