About the Authors

Hui-Chen Hung

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Shin-Ru Shih

Affiliations Department of Medical Biotechnology & Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Clinical Virology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Teng-Yuan Chang

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Ming-Yu Fang

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

John T.-A. Hsu

tsuanhsu@nhri.org.tw

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCH SRS JTAH. Performed the experiments: HCH TYC MYF. Analyzed the data: HCH TYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCH TYC MYF. Wrote the paper: HCH SRS JTAH.