About the Authors

Masaru Yokoyama

yokoyama@nih.go.jp

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi Murayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan

Hiromi Mori

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi Murayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan

Hironori Sato

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi Murayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY HS. Performed the experiments: MY HM. Analyzed the data: MY. Wrote the paper: MY HS.