About the Authors

Yi-Chun Lo

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jen-Hsiang Chuang

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hung-Wei Kuo

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Wan-Ting Huang

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yu-Fen Hsu

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Ming-Tsan Liu

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chang-Hsun Chen

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hui-Hsun Huang

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chi-Hsi Chang

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jih-Haw Chou

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Feng-Yee Chang

fychang@cdc.gov.tw

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Internal Medicine and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Tzou-Yien Lin

Affiliation Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Wen-Ta Chiu

Affiliation Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCL JH. Chuang WTH JH. Chou FYC. Performed the experiments: YCL HWK WTH YFH MTL CH. Chen HHH CH. Chang. Analyzed the data: YCL HWK WTH MTL HHH CH. Chang. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH. Chou FYC TYL WTC. Wrote the paper: YCL JH. Chuang WTH FYC.