About the Authors

Hye-Kyung Jung

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

Chung Hyun Tae

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

Hye-Ah Lee

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

Hyuk Lee

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Kee Don Choi

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Jun Chul Park

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Joong Goo Kwon

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

Yoon Jin Choi

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Su Jin Hong

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea

Jaekyu Sung

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea

Woo Chul Chung

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea

Ki Bae Kim

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea

Seung Young Kim

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Kyung Ho Song

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea

Kyung Sik Park

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

Seong Woo Jeon

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea

Byung-Wook Kim

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea

Han Seung Ryu

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Digestive Disease Research Institute, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea

Ok-Jae Lee

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea

Gwang Ho Baik

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea

Yong Sung Kim

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wonkwang Digestive Disease Research Institute, Gunpo, Korea

Hwoon-Yong Jung

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

hwoonymd@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research

Membership of the Termite Genome Working Group is listed in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.