About the Authors

Ting-Yi Chiang

Affiliations Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Chu Kuo

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan

Chang-Hsun Chen

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS and TB, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan

Jyh-Yuan Yang

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan

Cheng-Feng Kao

Affiliation Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan

Dar-Der Ji

jidarder@cdc.gov.tw (DDJ); fangct@ntu.edu.tw (CTF)

Affiliations Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Tropical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Tai Fang

jidarder@cdc.gov.tw (DDJ); fangct@ntu.edu.tw (CTF)

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Ministry of Health and Welfare and National Taiwan University Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TYC CTF. Performed the experiments: TYC MCK JYY CFK. Analyzed the data: TYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TYC MCK CHC DDJ. Wrote the paper: TYC CTF.