About the Authors
- Muh-Yong Yen
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* E-mail: myyen1121@gmail.com (MYY); chwanchuen@gmail.com (CCK)
Affiliations Department of Disease Control and Prevention, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu
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Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Luke International Norway, Nøtterøy, Norway
- Allen Wen-Hsiang Chiu
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Affiliations Department of Disease Control and Prevention, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Urology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Wing-Wai Wong
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Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Prevention, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan
- Po-En Wang
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Affiliation Department of Health, Keelung City Government, Keelung, Taiwan
- Ta-Chien Chan
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chwan-Chuen King
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* E-mail: myyen1121@gmail.com (MYY); chwanchuen@gmail.com (CCK)
Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MYY AWHC WWW PEW. Performed the experiments: MYY AWHC WWW PEW CCK. Analyzed the data: MYY TSJW TCC CCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MYY TCC. Wrote the paper: MYY TSJW TCC CCK. Initiated this study: MYY. Implemented risk communication methods: MYY. Facilitated outbreak control: MYY. Spearheaded the writing of this manuscript: MYY. Responsible for all data analysis: TSJW. Prepared the tables and figures: TSJW. Contributed several important ideas regarding the structure of this paper: TSJW. Supervised the study: AWHC. Suggested citywide SMS risk communication: AWHC. Monitored AHC outbreak control efforts: AWHC. Responsible for case definition, administration, and coordination for contact tracing in Taipei City: WWW. Implemented several clinical and epidemiological investigations: WWW. Applied general control measures: PEW. Collected epidemiological data on AHC cases in Keelung during the 2007 epidemic: PEW. Conducted geographical diffusion data analysis using a geographical information system: TCC. Responsible for designing the epidemiological study: CCK. Formulated questionnaire questions: CCK. Selecting focus areas for data analysis: CCK. Revised this manuscript: CCK.