About the Authors
- Yuan-Pin Hung
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Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan
- Nan-Yao Lee
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Sheng-Hsiang Lin
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Ho-Ching Chang
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Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Chi-Mei Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Chi-Jung Wu
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Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan
- Chia-Ming Chang
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Po-Lin Chen
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Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Hsiao-Ju Lin
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Yi-Hui Wu
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Pingtung Christian Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan
- Pei-Jane Tsai
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Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Research Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Yau-Sheng Tsai
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yau-Sheng Tsai, Wen-Chien Ko
* E-mail: winston@mail.ncku.edu.tw (WCK); yaustsai@mail.ncku.edu.tw (YST)
Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Research Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Wen-Chien Ko
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yau-Sheng Tsai, Wen-Chien Ko
* E-mail: winston@mail.ncku.edu.tw (WCK); yaustsai@mail.ncku.edu.tw (YST)
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Research Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YPH YST WCK. Performed the experiments: YPH NYL HCC CJW CMC PLC. Analyzed the data: HJL YHW PJT SHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJL YHW PJT. Wrote the paper: YPH YST WCK.