About the Authors
- Jiunn-Shyan Julian Wu
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Affiliations Department of Health, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Fu-Yuan Shih
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Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Chan-Hsien Chiu
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Affiliation Department of Health, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Yuan-Lih Yeh
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Affiliation Department of Health, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Jer-Jea Yan
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Affiliation Department of Health, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Chwan-Chuen King
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Contributed equally to this work with: Chwan-Chuen King, Mei-Shang Ho
Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Mei-Shang Ho
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Contributed equally to this work with: Chwan-Chuen King, Mei-Shang Ho
* E-mail: homs@ibms.sinica.edu.tw
Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Competing Interests
MSH served as CSO (Dec 2007 through Nov 2009) and is now an advisor (since Dec 2009) to Adimmune Corp; other authors have declared no competing interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JSJW FYS CHC CCK MSH. Performed the experiments: JSJW. Analyzed the data: JSJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSJW YLY JJY. Wrote the paper: JSJW. Supervised the study: MSH CHC JJY CCK. Revised the manuscript: MSH FYS CCK.