About the Authors
- Herman Tse
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Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Kelvin K. W. To
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Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Xi Wen
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Honglin Chen
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Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Kwok-Hung Chan
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
- Hoi-Wah Tsoi
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Iris W. S. Li
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
- Kwok-Yung Yuen
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* E-mail: kyyuen@hkucc.hku.hk
Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Competing Interests
We gratefully acknowledge funding support from the Providence Foundation Limited in memory of the late Dr Lui Hac Minh, the University Grants Council. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HT KT XW HC K-HC H-WT IL K-YY. Performed the experiments: HT XW HC KHC H-WT. Analyzed the data: HT KT IL K-YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HT KT XW HC K-HC H-WT IL K-YY. Wrote the paper: HT KT IL K-YY.