About the Authors

Yen-Chin Liu

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Rei-Lin Kuo

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Jing-Yi Lin

Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Peng-Nien Huang

Affiliation Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Yi Huang

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Hsuan Liu

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Jamine J. Arnold

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Shu-Jen Chen

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Robert Yung-Liang Wang

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Craig E. Cameron

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Shin-Ru Shih

srshih@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Clinical Virology Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCL SRS. Performed the experiments: YCL RLK JYL PNH YH HL JJA. Analyzed the data: YCL SJC RYLW CEC SRS. Wrote the paper: YCL CEC SRS.