About the Authors

Po-Xing Zheng

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yuen-Chi Chan

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Chien-Shun Chiou

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Taichung, Taiwan

Chuan Chiang-Ni

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Shu-Ying Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Pei-Jane Tsai

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Woei-Jer Chuang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yee-Shin Lin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Ching-Chuan Liu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Jiunn-Jong Wu

jjwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PXZ CCN. Performed the experiments: PXZ YCC CSC. Analyzed the data: PXZ SYW PJT WJC YSL CCL JJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PXZ CSC. Wrote the paper: PXZ JJW.