About the Authors

Chiao-Fang Teng

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

Wen-Chuan Hsieh

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

Han-Chieh Wu

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

Yih-Jyh Lin

Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

Hung-Wen Tsai

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

Wenya Huang

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

Ih-Jen Su

suihjen@nhri.org.tw

Affiliations National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CFT IJS. Performed the experiments: CFT. Analyzed the data: CFT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WCH HCW YJL HWT WH. Wrote the paper: CFT IJS.