About the Authors

Na-Young Ha

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Prashant Sharma

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Gwanghun Kim

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Yuri Kim

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Chan-Ki Min

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Myung-Sik Choi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Ik-Sang Kim

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Nam-Hyuk Cho

chonh@snu.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Institute of Endemic Disease, Seoul National University Medical Research Center and Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NYH MSC ISK NHC. Performed the experiments: NYH PS GK YK CKM. Analyzed the data: NYH GK MSC NHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GK. Wrote the paper: NYH GK NHC.