About the Authors

Fang-Ru Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Fang-Ru Lin, Yu-Hua Shen

Affiliation College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yu-Hua Shen

Contributed equally to this work with: Fang-Ru Lin, Yu-Hua Shen

Affiliation College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chun-Wan Fang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Shian-Sen Shie

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chung-Guei Huang

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Shuan Yang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Shu-Li Yang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Kuo-Chien Tsao

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yhu-Chering Huang

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

Ming-Wei Lai

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial and Children’s Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chih-Jung Chen

chinjung@adm.cgmh.org.tw

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJC YCH MWL. Performed the experiments: FRL YHS CWF. Analyzed the data: SSS CGH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY SLY KCT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FRL YHS CJC.