About the Authors

Shu-Ting Luo

Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Ting Luo, Pai-Shan Chiang

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Disease and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Pai-Shan Chiang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Ting Luo, Pai-Shan Chiang

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Disease and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Wan-Yu Chung

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Disease and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Min-Yuan Chia

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Disease and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Kuo-Chien Tsao

Affiliations Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Gueishan Town, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Gueishan Town, Taoyuan county, Taiwan

Ying-Hsiang Wang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Puzi City, Chiayi County, Taiwan

Tzou-Yien Lin

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Gueishan Town, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Gueishan Town, Taoyuan County, Taiwan

Min-Shi Lee

minshi@nhri.org.tw

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Disease and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TYL MSL. Performed the experiments: PSC WYC MYC. Analyzed the data: STL PSC WYC MYC KCT YHW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: STL KCT YHW. Wrote the paper: STL PSC MSL.