About the Authors

Huijun Zhi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Liangpeng Yang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yu-Liang Kuo

Current address: School of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yik-Khuan Ho

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hsiu-Ming Shih

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Chou-Zen Giam

cgiam@usuhs.mil

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ CZG. Performed the experiments: HZ LY YLK YKH. Analyzed the data: HZ LY YLK YKH HMS CZG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMS. Wrote the paper: HZ CZG.