About the Authors

Chien-Ling Su

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Republic of China

Cheng-Fen Yang

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hwa-Jen Teng

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Republic of China

Liang-Chen Lu

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Republic of China

Cheo Lin

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Republic of China

Kun-Hsien Tsai

Affiliations Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare and National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yu-Yu Chen

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Republic of China

Li-Yu Chen

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shu-Fen Chang

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Republic of China

Pei-Yun Shu

pyshu@cdc.gov.tw

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLS HJT PYS. Performed the experiments: CLS CFY LCL CL KHT YYC LYC SFC. Analyzed the data: CLS CFY HJT KHT PYS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PYS. Wrote the paper: CLS HJT KHT PYS.