About the Authors

Kok Keng Tee

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shigeru Kusagawa

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Xiao-Jie Li

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Narumi Onogi

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Maya Isogai

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Saiki Hase

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Rie Uenishi

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Huanan Liao

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Adeeba Kamarulzaman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yutaka Takebe

takebe@nih.go.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKT YT. Performed the experiments: KKT. Analyzed the data: KKT SK XJL NO MI SH RU HL AK YT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KKT SK XJL NO MI SH RU HL YT. Wrote the paper: KKT AK YT.