About the Authors

Zi Feng Yang

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Chris Ka Pun Mok

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Centre of Influenza Research, School of Public Health, HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Xiao Qing Liu

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xiao Bo Li

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Health quarantine (BSL-3) Lab, Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center, Guangzhou, China

Jian Feng He

Affiliation Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China

Wen Da Guan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yong Hao Xu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Wei Qi Pan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Li Yan Chen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yong Ping Lin

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Shi Guan Wu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Si Hua Pan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Ji Cheng Huang

Affiliation Health quarantine (BSL-3) Lab, Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center, Guangzhou, China

Guo Yun Ding

Affiliation Health quarantine (BSL-3) Lab, Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center, Guangzhou, China

Kui Zheng

Affiliation Health quarantine (BSL-3) Lab, Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center, Guangzhou, China

Chang Wen Ke

Affiliation Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China

Jin Yan Lin

Affiliation Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China

Yong Hui Zhang

Affiliation Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China

Horace Hok Yeung Lee

Affiliations Centre of Influenza Research, School of Public Health, HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Wen Kuan Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Chun Guang Yang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Rong Zhou

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris

chenrc@vip.163.com (RCC); dryiminli@vip.163.com (YML); malik@hku.hk (JSMP)

Affiliations Centre of Influenza Research, School of Public Health, HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Yi Min Li

chenrc@vip.163.com (RCC); dryiminli@vip.163.com (YML); malik@hku.hk (JSMP)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Rong Chang Chen

chenrc@vip.163.com (RCC); dryiminli@vip.163.com (YML); malik@hku.hk (JSMP)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Ling Chen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Nan Shan Zhong

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZFY CKPM JSMP LC RCC YML. Performed the experiments: XQL XBL JFH WDG YHX WQP LYC YPL SGW SHP JCH GYD KZ CWK JYL YHZ HHYL WKL CGY RZ. Analyzed the data: ZFY CKPM JSMP RCC NSZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZFY CKPM JSMP RCC NSZ. Wrote the paper: ZFY CKPM JSMP NSZ.