About the Authors

Yu-Yan Lan

Affiliations National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College and Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Tzu-Hao Yeh

Affiliations National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College and Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Wei-Hung Lin

Affiliations National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College and Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Shih-Yi Wu

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan

Hsiao-Ching Lai

Affiliations National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College and Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Fang-Hsin Chang

Affiliations National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College and Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Kenzo Takada

Affiliation Department of Tumor Virology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Yao Chang

yaochang@nhri.org.tw

Affiliations National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College and Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College and Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YYL THY KT YC. Performed the experiments: YYL THY WHL SYW HCL FHC. Analyzed the data: YYL THY WHL SYW HCL FHC YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT. Wrote the paper: YYL YC.