About the Authors
- Yi-Ting Fang
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
- Shu-Wen Wan
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Yi-Tien Lu
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
- Ju-Han Yao
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Chiou-Feng Lin
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
- Li-Jin Hsu
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Affiliations Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
- Michael G. Brown
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
- Jean S. Marshall
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
- Robert Anderson
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* E-mail: roband@dal.ca (RA); yslin1@mail.ncku.edu.tw (YSL)
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
- Yee-Shin Lin
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* E-mail: roband@dal.ca (RA); yslin1@mail.ncku.edu.tw (YSL)
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YTF SWW YTL MGB JSM RA YSL. Performed the experiments: YTF SWW YTL JHY. Analyzed the data: YTF SWW YTL CFL JSM RA YSL. Wrote the paper: YTF SWW RA YSL. Helped in transmission electron microscopy (TEM): LJH.