About the Authors

Kelvin K. W. To

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelvin K. W. To, Herman Tse

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Herman Tse

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelvin K. W. To, Herman Tse

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Wan-Mui Chan

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

Garnet K. Y. Choi

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

Anna J. X. Zhang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Siddharth Sridhar

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

Sally C. Y. Wong

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

Jasper F. W. Chan

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Andy S. F. Chan

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

Patrick C. Y. Woo

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Susanna K. P. Lau

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Janice Y. C. Lo

Affiliation Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong, China

Kwok-Hung Chan

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Vincent C. C. Cheng

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

Kwok-Yung Yuen

kyyuen@hku.hk

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Microbiology, 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: KKWT HT VCCC KYY. Performed the experiments: WMC GKYC AJXZ ASFC. Analyzed the data: KKWT HT WMC GKYC AJXZ SS SCYW JFWC PCYW SKPL JYCL KHC VCCC KYY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYCL. Wrote the paper: KKWT HT WMC GKHC SS SCYW JFWC PCYW SKPL JYCL KHC VCCC KYY.