About the Authors

Xi-Ling Wang

Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Lin Yang

linyang@hku.hk

Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

King-Pan Chan

Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Susan S. Chiu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Kwok-Hung Chan

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

J. S. Malik Peiris

Affiliations School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, The University of Hong Kong Pasteur Research Center, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Chit-Ming Wong

Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LY CMW. Analyzed the data: XLW LY KPC. Wrote the paper: XLW LY KPC CMW JSMP SSC KHC. Interpreted results: LY CMW.