About the Authors

Peng-Nien Huang

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jia-Rong Jheng

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jamie J. Arnold

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

Jen-Ren Wang

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

Craig E. Cameron

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

Shin-Ru Shih

srshih@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Clinical Virology Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PNH CEC SRS. Data curation: PNH JRJ JJA. Formal analysis: PNH JRJ JJA. Funding acquisition: PNH JRW SRS. Investigation: PNH JRJ JJA. Methodology: PNH JRJ JJA. Project administration: PNH CEC SRS. Resources: PNH JRW SRS. Supervision: PNH SRS. Validation: PNH CEC SRS. Visualization: PNH CEC SRS. Writing – original draft: PNH SRS. Writing – review & editing: PNH CEC SRS.