About the Authors

Hyun-Ok Song

Affiliation Zoonosis Research Center, Department of Infection Biology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea

Je-Hyoung Kim

Affiliation Zoonosis Research Center, Department of Infection Biology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea

Ho-Sun Ryu

Affiliation NanoBioSys Inc., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Dong-Hoon Lee

Affiliation NanoBioSys Inc., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Sun-Jin Kim

Affiliation NanoBioSys Inc., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Deog-Joong Kim

Affiliation NanoBioSys Inc., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

In Bum Suh

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Du Young Choi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea

Kwang-Ho In

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Korea University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Sung-Woo Kim

swkim58a@nanobiosys.co.kr (SK); hyunpk@wonkwang.ac.kr (HP)

Affiliation NanoBioSys Inc., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hyun Park

swkim58a@nanobiosys.co.kr (SK); hyunpk@wonkwang.ac.kr (HP)

Affiliation Zoonosis Research Center, Department of Infection Biology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors wish to declare, for the avoidance of any misunderstanding concerning competing interests, that the authors from a company (H-SR, D-HL, S-JK, D-J-K. and S-WK from NanoBioSys Inc.) participated in this work as coworkers. However, to clarify, the authors (H-OS, J-HK, DC and HP from Wonkwang University School of Medicine; IS from Kangwon National University School of Medicine; K-HI from Korea University School of Medicine) were not relevant to employment, consultancy, patents, and products in development or marketed products of the company (NanoBioSys Inc.). In addition, none of these authors received any financial benefit from the company. Thus, 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: S-WK KI HP. Performed the experiments: HR DL HS JK S-JK DK. Analyzed the data: HS JK S-JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IS DC S-WK HP. Wrote the paper: HS SK HP.