About the Authors

Shih-Wei Huang

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Meng-Yu Chan

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Wei-Li Hsu

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

Chin-Cheng Huang

Affiliation Department of Hog Cholera, Animal Health Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Taipei, Taiwan

Ching-Hsiu Tsai

chtsai1@dragon.nchu.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWH WLH CHT. Performed the experiments: SWH MYC. Analyzed the data: SWH WLH CCH CHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWH MYC CCH. Wrote the paper: SWH CHT.