About the Authors
- Junji Matsuo
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Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Shinji Nakamura
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Affiliation Division of Biomedical Imaging Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Atsushi Ito
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Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Tomohiro Yamazaki
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Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Kasumi Ishida
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Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Yasuhiro Hayashi
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Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Mitsutaka Yoshida
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Affiliation Division of Ultrastructural Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Kaori Takahashi
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Affiliation Division of Ultrastructural Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsuyoshi Sekizuka
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Fumihiko Takeuchi
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Makoto Kuroda
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiroki Nagai
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Affiliation Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Kyoko Hayashida
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Affiliation Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan
- Chihiro Sugimoto
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Affiliation Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan
- Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
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* E-mail: hiroyuki@med.hokudai.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JM HY. Performed the experiments: JM AI TY KI YH. Genome sequencing: TS FT MK HN KH CS. Analyzed the data: SN MY KT HY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS FT MK HN KH CS. Wrote the paper: HY.