Won Sup Oh,^1,2 Jeoungyeon Kim,^3,4,5 Yeon-Joo Choi,^3,4,5 Taeuk Kang,^3,4,5 Hye-Jin Park,^3,4,5 Kwang Jun Lee,⁶ Won-Jong Jang<sup>3,4,5,*

1</sup>Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, 156 Baengnyeong-ro, Chuncheon 24289, Republic of Korea
²Department of Internal Medicine, Long An Segaero Hospotal, Duc Hoa District, Long An Province 82720, Vietnam
³Department of Microbiology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
⁴Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
⁵Institute of Biomedical Sciences & Technology, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
⁶Division of Zoonotic and Vector Borne Disease Research, National Institute of Health, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Osong, Cheongju-si, 28160, Republic of Korea

^*Correspondence: Won-Jong, Jang Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea, Phone: 82-2-2030-7816; FAX: 82-2-2030-7845; E-mail: wjjang@kku.ac.kr