About the Authors

Xiao-Xing Li

Affiliation Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Grace Lai-Hung Wong

Affiliation Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Ka-Fai To

Affiliation Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Vincent Wai-Sun Wong

Affiliation Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Larry Hin Lai

Affiliation Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Dorothy Kai-Lai Chow

Affiliation Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

James Yun-Wong Lau

Affiliation Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Joseph Jao-Yiu Sung

Affiliations Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Chunming Ding

cmding@gmail.com

Affiliations Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD. Performed the experiments: XXL GLHW KfT. Analyzed the data: XXL KfT CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLHW VWW LHL DKLC JYWL JJS. Wrote the paper: XXL CD.