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Received: 23 January 2018

Accepted: 21 March 2018

First Online: 2 April 2018

Author’s information

: Mr. Leonardo A. Guevarra Jr., the principal investigator of this project and the corresponding author for this study, is a faculty member at the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Research Faculty at the Research Center for Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Santo Tomas. He first got his interest in infectious disease, cancer, and diagnostics development when he was doing his research for the Master of Science in Biochemistry at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines - Manila. His current organizational involvement includes the Philippine Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (lifetime member), UK Biochemical Society, and the Japanese Peptide Society where he recently presented (poster presentation) the results in the paper being submitted for publication. Mr. Guevarra is establishing his research career in immune epitope prediction and its application in infectious disease and cancer diagnostics.

: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital chaired by Dr. Wilson L. Tan De Guzman. You can contact the IRB by email at ust_irb@yahoo.com.ph. Written informed consent for the use of leftover serum collected from routine serological testing was requested from patients participating in the study. Clearance and approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Utilization Committee of the University of Santo Tomas was acquired. The UST IACUC is chaired by Prof. Jovencio G. Apostol, PhD and can be contacted through ustrcns@yahoo.com.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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