About the Authors

Gilman K. H. Siu

Affiliation Department of Health technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China

Jonathan H. K. Chen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

T. K. Ng

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Rodney A. Lee

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Kitty S. C. Fung

Affiliation Department of Pathology, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Sabrina W. C. To

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Barry K. C. Wong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Sherman Cheung

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Ivan W. F. Wong

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Marble M. P. Tam

Affiliation Department of Pathology, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Swing S. W. Lee

Affiliation Department of Health technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China

W. C. Yam

wcyam@hku.hk

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS JC TN RL KF BW WY. Performed the experiments: GS ST SC IW MT SL. Analyzed the data: GS JC ST WY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC TN RL KF WY. Wrote the paper: GS JC TN RL KF WY.