About the Authors

Yi-Chin Fan

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Public Health, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Hsien-Chung Chiu

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Li-Kuang Chen

Affiliation College of Medicine, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Gwong-Jen J. Chang

Affiliation Arboviral Diseases Branch, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Shyan-Song Chiou

sschiou@dragon.nchu.edu.tw

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Public Health, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSC GJJC YCF. Performed the experiments: YCF SSC. Analyzed the data: YCF SSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCC LKC. Wrote the paper: YCF SSC GJJC.