About the Authors

Hui-Hua Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-Hua Yang, I-Tsong Huang

Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Contract Laboratory of Viral and Rickettsial Infection, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Emerging Infectious Pathogen Research Laboratory, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

I-Tsong Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-Hua Yang, I-Tsong Huang

Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Contract Laboratory of Viral and Rickettsial Infection, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Chin-Hui Lin

Affiliation Contract Laboratory of Viral and Rickettsial Infection, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Tren-Yi Chen

Affiliation School of Medicine of Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan

Li-Kuang Chen

likuangchen@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Contract Laboratory of Viral and Rickettsial Infection, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Emerging Infectious Pathogen Research Laboratory, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, Emergency Medicine Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HHY ITH LKC. Performed the experiments: HHY ITH CHL TYC. Analyzed the data: HHY ITH LKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHY ITH LKC. Wrote the paper: HHY ITH LKC.