About the Authors

Fumika Mi-ichi

Current address: Division of Molecular and Cellular Immunoscience, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Saga University, Saga, Japan

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Makiuchi

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Furukawa

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Dan Sato

Affiliation Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan

Tomoyoshi Nozaki

nozaki@nih.go.jp

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FM TM AF DS TN. Performed the experiments: FM AF. Analyzed the data: FM TM TN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM TM AF DS TN. Wrote the paper: FM TN.