About the Authors

Mingsheng Cai

Affiliations Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Foshan Science and Technology University, Foshan, China

Meili Li

Affiliation Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Kezhen Wang

Affiliations Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China

Shuai Wang

Affiliations Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China

Qiong Lu

Affiliation CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jinghua Yan

Affiliation CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Karen L. Mossman

Affiliation The Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Rongtuan Lin

Affiliation Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Chunfu Zheng

zheng.alan@hotmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSC MLL KLM RTL CFZ. Performed the experiments: MSC MLL KZW SW CFZ. Analyzed the data: MSC MLL KLM RTL CFZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QL JHY KLM RTL. Wrote the paper: MSC MLL CFZ.