About the Authors

Akshamal M. Gamage

Contributed equally to this work with: Akshamal M. Gamage, Kai Sen Tan, Wharton O. Y. Chan, Jing Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Kai Sen Tan

Contributed equally to this work with: Akshamal M. Gamage, Kai Sen Tan, Wharton O. Y. Chan, Jing Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Wharton O. Y. Chan

Contributed equally to this work with: Akshamal M. Gamage, Kai Sen Tan, Wharton O. Y. Chan, Jing Liu

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Jing Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Akshamal M. Gamage, Kai Sen Tan, Wharton O. Y. Chan, Jing Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Chee Wah Tan

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Yew Kwang Ong

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, National University Health System, National University Hospital, Singapore

Mark Thong

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, National University Health System, National University Hospital, Singapore

Anand K. Andiappan

Roles Resources

Affiliation Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore

Danielle E. Anderson

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

De Yun Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

entwdy@nus.edu.sg (DYW); linfa.wang@duke-nus.edu.sg (L-FW)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Lin-Fa Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

entwdy@nus.edu.sg (DYW); linfa.wang@duke-nus.edu.sg (L-FW)

Affiliations Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singhealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest.