About the Authors

Hyung-Yong Kim

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Infectious Disease Sciences, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and American Registry of Pathology, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Shien Tsai

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Infectious Disease Sciences, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and American Registry of Pathology, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Shyh-Ching Lo

Affiliation Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies and Division of Human Tissues, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Douglas J. Wear

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Infectious Disease Sciences, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and American Registry of Pathology, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Mina J. Izadjoo

izadjoo@afip.osd.mil

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Infectious Disease Sciences, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and American Registry of Pathology, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H-YK ST S-CL. Performed the experiments: H-YK. Analyzed the data: H-YK ST S-CL DJW MJI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H-YK ST S-CL MJI. Wrote the paper: H-YK MJI.