About the Authors

Chit Ming Wong

Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Department of Community Medicine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Lin Yang

Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Department of Community Medicine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

King Pan Chan

Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Department of Community Medicine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Gabriel M Leung

Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Department of Community Medicine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Kwok H Chan

Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Yi Guan

Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Tai Hing Lam

Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Department of Community Medicine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Anthony Johnson Hedley

Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Department of Community Medicine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Joseph S. M Peiris

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: malik@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Author contributions and additional contributors are listed at the end of this paper.

CMW and JSMP originated the ideas. CMW and LY wrote the first draft of the paper. KHC and YG provided and interpreted the virology data. CMW, LY, and KPC analyzed the data. GML, THL, AJH, and JSMP provided interpretation and public health implication for the results. CMW, AJH, and JSMP finalized the paper