About the Authors

Manna Zhang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Lin Li

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation JC Wilt Infectious Disease Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Ma Luo

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations JC Wilt Infectious Disease Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Rudy Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Binhua Liang

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Ben.liang@canada.ca

Affiliations JC Wilt Infectious Disease Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, Rudy Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.