About the Authors

Jui-Hsin Huang

Affiliations Vaccine R&D Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Zhe-Qing Shen

Affiliation Vaccine R&D Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Shu-Pei Lien

Affiliation Vaccine R&D Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Kuang-Nan Hsiao

Affiliation Vaccine R&D Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Chih-Hsiang Leng

Affiliation Vaccine R&D Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Chi-Chang Chen

Affiliation Vaccine R&D Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Leung-Kei Siu

Affiliation Vaccine R&D Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Pele Choi-Sing Chong

pelechong@nhri.org.tw

Affiliations Vaccine R&D Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-HH C-HL PC-SC. Performed the experiments: J-HH Z-QS S-PL K-NH C-CC. Analyzed the data: J-HH Z-QS C-HL L-KS PC-SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-HH Z-QS K-NH C-HL L-KS PC-SC. Wrote the paper: J-HH PC-SC.