About the Authors

Can Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Can Li, Chuangen Li

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Chuangen Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Can Li, Chuangen Li

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Anna J. X. Zhang

kyyuen@hkucc.hku.hk (K-YY); zhangajx@hku.hk (AJXZ)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Kelvin K. W. To

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Andrew C. Y. Lee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Houshun Zhu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Hazel W. L. Wu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Jasper F. W. Chan

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Honglin Chen

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Ivan F. N. Hung

Affiliations Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Lanjuan Li

Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Kwok-Yung Yuen

kyyuen@hkucc.hku.hk (K-YY); zhangajx@hku.hk (AJXZ)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJXZ KKWT HC IFNH LL KYY. Performed the experiments: Can Li Chuangen Li ACYL HZ HW. Analyzed the data: AJXZ KKWT JFWC HC IFNH LL KYY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: Can Li Chuangen Li AJXZ KKWT ACYL HZ HW JFWC HC IFNH LL KYY.