About the Authors

Guang-Wu Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Guang-Wu Chen, Kuo-Chien Tsao

Affiliations Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Kuo-Chien Tsao

Contributed equally to this work with: Guang-Wu Chen, Kuo-Chien Tsao

kctsao@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chung-Guei Huang

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yu-Nong Gong

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shih-Cheng Chang

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yi-Chun Liu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hsiao-Han Wu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shu-Li Yang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Tzou-Yien Lin

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yhu-Chering Huang

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shin-Ru Shih

Affiliations Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GWC KCT SCC TYL YCH SRS. Performed the experiments: CGH YCL HHW SLY. Analyzed the data: GWC KCT YNG SRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GWC CGH YNG TYL YCH. Wrote the paper: GWC KCT SRS.