About the Authors

Won Suk Choi

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Benjamin J. Cowling

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Ji Yun Noh

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Joon Young Song

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Seong-Heon Wie

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jin Soo Lee

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Yu Bin Seo

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jacob Lee

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hye Won Jeong

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk University Hospital, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

Young Keun Kim

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wonju Christian Hospital, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea

Shin-Woo Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea

Kyong-Hwa Park

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Sun Hee Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Hee Jin Cheong

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Woo Joo Kim

wjkim@korea.ac.kr

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Transgovernmental Enterprise for Pandemic Influenza in Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: WSC WJK. Formal analysis: WSC. Funding acquisition: WJK. Investigation: WSC JYN JYS SHW JSL YBS JL HWJ YKK SWK KHP SHL HJC WJK. Methodology: WSC WJK. Project administration: WSC WJK. Resources: WSC JYN JYS SHW JSL YBS JL HWJ YKK SWK KHP SHL HJC WJK. Supervision: WJK. Validation: WSC. Visualization: WSC. Writing – original draft: WSC. Writing – review & editing: WJK BJC.