About the Authors
- Hyun-Ok Song
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Affiliation Zoonosis Research Center, Department of Infection Biology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea
- Je-Hyoung Kim
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Affiliation Zoonosis Research Center, Department of Infection Biology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea
- Ho-Sun Ryu
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Affiliation NanoBioSys Inc., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Dong-Hoon Lee
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Affiliation NanoBioSys Inc., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Sun-Jin Kim
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Affiliation NanoBioSys Inc., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Deog-Joong Kim
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Affiliation NanoBioSys Inc., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- In Bum Suh
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea
- Du Young Choi
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea
- Kwang-Ho In
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Korea University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Sung-Woo Kim
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* E-mail: swkim58a@nanobiosys.co.kr (SK); hyunpk@wonkwang.ac.kr (HP)
Affiliation NanoBioSys Inc., Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Hyun Park
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* E-mail: 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.