About the Authors

Chih-Jung Chen

chinjung@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Clemens Unger

Affiliation Institut für Tropenmedizin, Wilhelmstraße 27, Tübingen, Germany

Wolfgang Hoffmann

Affiliation Institut für Tropenmedizin, Wilhelmstraße 27, Tübingen, Germany

Jodi A. Lindsay

Affiliation Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, United Kingdom

Yhu-Chering Huang

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Friedrich Götz

Affiliation Department of Microbial Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJC YCH FG. Performed the experiments: CJC CU. Analyzed the data: CJC JAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CU WH FG. Wrote the paper: CJC JAL FG.