About the Authors

Hong Kai Lee

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

Julian Wei-Tze Tang

julian.tang@uhl-tr.nhs.uk (JWT); evelyn_koay@nuhs.edu.sg (ESK)

Affiliation Clinical Microbiology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom

Tze Ping Loh

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

Aeron C. Hurt

Affiliations WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Lynette Lin-Ean Oon

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Evelyn Siew-Chuan Koay

julian.tang@uhl-tr.nhs.uk (JWT); evelyn_koay@nuhs.edu.sg (ESK)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

Julian W Tang is currently an active Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HKL JWT ESK. Performed the experiments: HKL ACH LLO TPL. Analyzed the data: HKL ACH JWT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LLO ESK. Wrote the paper: HKL JWT ACH LLO TPL ESK.