Acknowledgement
We would like to thank the public health center officals in Gangwon-do and local government officalis for their hard work in data collection and patient management, and thank the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's Capital Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Gangwon Center for Infectious Disease for their generous support in field epidemiological investigations.
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