About the Authors
- John M Nicholls
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nicholls@pathology.hku.hk (JMN); E-mail: mwong@pathology.hku.hk (MW)
Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Jagdish Butany
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Leo L. M Poon
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Kwok H Chan
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Swan Lip Beh
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Susan Poutanen
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Toronto Medical Laboratories and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- J. S. Malik Peiris
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Maria Wong
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nicholls@pathology.hku.hk (JMN); E-mail: mwong@pathology.hku.hk (MW)
Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
JMN designed the study. JB analyzed the data. KHC contributed to writing the paper. JMN, MW, and JSMP are the principal investigators, with overall responsibility for the design of the study and writing of the report. SLB coordinated the autopsy organization and collection of autopsy materials of SARS deaths in Hong Kong. LLMP designed the protein expression constructs and transfection studies. LLMP and JSMP were involved in the development of the RT-PCR assay. JMN and KHC were involved in the development of the SARS-CoV IHC assay. SP was involved in the treatment of the Canadian SARS cases and the coordination of obtaining autopsy specimens from those who died. All authors were involved in the correlative interpretation of the clinical, pathological, and molecular data.