About the Authors
- Julian W. Tang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Julian W. Tang, Caroline X. Gao
* E-mail: jwtang49@hotmail.com
Affiliations Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
- Caroline X. Gao
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Contributed equally to this work with: Julian W. Tang, Caroline X. Gao
Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Australia, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Benjamin J. Cowling
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Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Gerald C. Koh
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Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Daniel Chu
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Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Cherie Heilbronn
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Affiliations Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Australia, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Belinda Lloyd
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Affiliations Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Australia, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Jovan Pantelic
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Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Andre D. Nicolle
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
- Christian A. Klettner
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
- J. S. Malik Peiris
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Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Chandra Sekhar
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Affiliation Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- David K. W. Cheong
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Affiliation Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Kwok Wai Tham
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Affiliation Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Evelyn S. C. Koay
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Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Wendy Tsui
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Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Primary Healthcare, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Alfred Kwong
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Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Primary Healthcare, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Kitty Chan
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Affiliation University Health Service, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Yuguo Li
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Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Competing Interests
BJC has received research funding from MedImmune Inc. and Sanofi Pasteur, and consults for Crucell NV. BJC and JWT are both Academic Editors for PLOS ONE. 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: JWT CXG BJC GCK JSMP YL. Performed the experiments: JWT CXG GCK DC JP ADN CAK. Analyzed the data: JWT CXG GCK DC JP ADN CAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWT CXG BJC GCK JP ADN CAK JSMP CS DKWC KWT ESCK YL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JWT CXG BJC GCK DC. Recruited the influenza-infected volunteers for the Hong Kong study: AK KC WT. Assisted CXG in critically reviewing the manuscript for the Hong Kong study: BL CH.