About the Authors

Chiu-Hsia Su

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Fifth division, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan

Shan-Chwen Chang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jer-Jea Yan

Affiliation Fifth division, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan

Shu-Hui Tseng

Affiliation Fifth division, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan

Li-Jung Chien

jung@cdc.gov.tw (LJC); fangct@ntu.edu.tw (CTF)

Affiliation Fifth division, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Tai Fang

jung@cdc.gov.tw (LJC); fangct@ntu.edu.tw (CTF)

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTF CHS JJY LJC. Analyzed the data: CHS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTF CHS JJY SHT LJC. Wrote the paper: CTF CHS. Interpreted data: CTF CHS SCC LJC. Revised and approved the manuscript: CTF CHS SCC JJY SHT LJC.