About the Authors
- Emi Kitashoji
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan
- Nobuo Koizumi
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* E-mail: nkoizumi@niid.go.jp (NK); kari@nagasaki-u.ac.jp (KA)
Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Talitha Lea V. Lacuesta
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Affiliation San Lazaro Hospital, Santa Cruz, Manila, Republic of the Philippines
- Daisuke Usuda
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Community Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University Himi Municipal Hospital, Himi City, Toyama, Japan
- Maricel R. Ribo
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Affiliation San Lazaro Hospital, Santa Cruz, Manila, Republic of the Philippines
- Edith S. Tria
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Affiliation San Lazaro Hospital, Santa Cruz, Manila, Republic of the Philippines
- Winston S. Go
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Affiliation San Lazaro Hospital, Santa Cruz, Manila, Republic of the Philippines
- Maiko Kojiro
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University Hospital, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan
- Christopher M. Parry
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Affiliations Department of Global Health, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Efren M. Dimaano
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Affiliation San Lazaro Hospital, Santa Cruz, Manila, Republic of the Philippines
- Jose B. Villarama
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Affiliation San Lazaro Hospital, Santa Cruz, Manila, Republic of the Philippines
- Makoto Ohnishi
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Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Motoi Suzuki
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan
- Koya Ariyoshi
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* E-mail: nkoizumi@niid.go.jp (NK); kari@nagasaki-u.ac.jp (KA)
Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NK CMP MO MS KA. Performed the experiments: EK NK. Analyzed the data: EK MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK TLVL DU MRR EST WSG MK EMD JBV MS. Wrote the paper: EK NK CMP MS KA.