About the Authors

Hiroyuki Yamamoto

Affiliations International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Miki Kawada

Affiliations International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Akiko Takeda

Affiliation International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroko Igarashi

Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuro Matano

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: matano@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Affiliations International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, Tsukuba Primate Research Center, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM HY. Performed the experiments: TM HY MK AT HI. Analyzed the data: TM HY MK. Wrote the paper: TM HY MK. Other: Contributed to preparation of the passive immunization inoculums, experiments using DCs, and immunological analyses: HY. Contributed to immunological analyses: MK. Contributed to blood processing and immunological and virological analyses: AT. Contributed to blood processing and immunological and virological analyses: HI.