About the Authors
- Akihiko Uda
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsuyoshi Sekizuka
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kiyoshi Tanabayashi
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* E-mail: ktana@nih.go.jp
Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Osamu Fujita
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Makoto Kuroda
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Akitoyo Hotta
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Naoko Sugiura
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Affiliations Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
- Neekun Sharma
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Affiliations Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
- Shigeru Morikawa
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Akio Yamada
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Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AU KT SM AY. Performed the experiments: AU TS OF MK N. Sugiura N. Sharma. Analyzed the data: AU TS MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH N. Sugiura N. Sharma. Wrote the paper: AU KT SM AY.