About the Authors

Szu-Wei Huang

Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan, Center for Infectious Disease and Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan

Sheng-Fan Wang

Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease and Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan

Ángel E. Cowó

Affiliation International Health Program, National Yang Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan

Marcelo Chen

Affiliations Department of Urology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan, Department of Cosmetic Applications and Management, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Taipei 25245, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan

Yu-Ting Lin

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease and Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan

Chun-Po Hung

Affiliation Rainbow Queer Health and Culture Center, Living with Hope Organization, Taiwan Society of Preventive Medicine, Taipei 10084, Taiwan

Yi-Hsien Chen

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease and Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan

Jyh-Yuan Yang

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei 10050, Taiwan

Hung-Jen Tang

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 71067, Taiwan, Department of Health and Nutrition, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan 71710, Taiwan

Yi-Ming Arthur Chen

arthur@kmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan, Center for Infectious Disease and Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Research and Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YMAC. Performed the experiments: SWH SFW AEC YTL. Analyzed the data: SWH YHC MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYY HJT. Wrote the paper: SWH AEC. Recruited MSM: CPH.