About the Authors

Meng Ling Moi

Affiliation Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Chang-Kweng Lim

Affiliation Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Kaw Bing Chua

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Tomohiko Takasaki

Affiliation Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Ichiro Kurane

kurane@nih.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLM IK. Performed the experiments: MLM. Analyzed the data: MLM TT IK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CKL KBC TT. Wrote the paper: MLM KBC TT IK.