About the Authors
- Yang Degang
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Affiliations Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Leprosy and Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Takeshi Akama
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Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Takeshi Hara
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Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazunari Tanigawa
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Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Yuko Ishido
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Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Masaichi Gidoh
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Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Masahiko Makino
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Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Norihisa Ishii
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Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Koichi Suzuki
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* E-mail: koichis@nih.go.jp
Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YD KS. Performed the experiments: YD TA TH KT YI. Analyzed the data: YD KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG MM NI. Wrote the paper: YD KS.