About the Authors

Masaru Yokoyama

yokoyama@nih.go.jp (MY); hirosato@nih.go.jp (HS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Genomics, Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi Murayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Naganawa

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhisa Yoshimura

Affiliation Division of Clinical Retrovirology and Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan

Shuzo Matsushita

Affiliation Division of Clinical Retrovirology and Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan

Hironori Sato

yokoyama@nih.go.jp (MY); hirosato@nih.go.jp (HS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Genomics, Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi Murayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY SN HS. Performed the experiments: MY SN HS. Analyzed the data: MY SN HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY SM. Wrote the paper: MY HS.