About the Authors
- Ling Ma
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Affiliation National Institutes of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
- Jann-Tay Wang
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Tsu-Lan Wu
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- L. Kristopher Siu
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Affiliation National Institutes of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
- Yin-Ching Chuang
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan
- Jung-Chung Lin
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Min-Chi Lu
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* E-mail: luminchi@csmu.edu.tw (MCL); d830166@cc.kmu.edu.tw (PLL)
Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Po-Liang Lu
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* E-mail: luminchi@csmu.edu.tw (MCL); d830166@cc.kmu.edu.tw (PLL)
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LM LKS MCL PLL. Performed the experiments: LM PLL LKS. Analyzed the data: LM JTW TLW LKS YCC JCL MCL PLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM JTW LKS YCC MCL PLL. Wrote the paper: LM PLL LKS.