About the Authors

Satoshi Nozuma

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

Akiko Yoshimura

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

Shun-Chung Pai

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Quality, Taipei Blood Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Hung-Jen Chen

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Eiji Matsuura

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

Masakazu Tanaka

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neuroimmunology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Daisuke Kodama

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neuroimmunology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Mika Dozono

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

Toshio Matsuzaki

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neuroimmunology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Hiroshi Takashima

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

Ya-Chien Yang

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Ryuji Kubota

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

kubotar@m2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Neuroimmunology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists.