About the Authors
- Isolde C. Dapat
-
* E-mail: sol@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Division of International Health (Public Health), Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Clyde Dapat
-
Affiliation Division of International Health (Public Health), Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Tatiana Baranovich
-
Current address: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
Affiliation Division of International Health (Public Health), Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Yasushi Suzuki
-
Current address: National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Affiliation Division of International Health (Public Health), Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Hiroki Kondo
-
Affiliation Division of International Health (Public Health), Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Yugo Shobugawa
-
Affiliation Division of International Health (Public Health), Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Reiko Saito
-
Affiliation Division of International Health (Public Health), Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Hiroshi Suzuki
-
Affiliation School of Nursing, Niigata Seiryo University, Niigata, Japan
- the Japanese Influenza Collaborative Study Group
-
¶For a list of the members of the Japanese Influenza Collaborative Study Group please see the Acknowledgments section
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RS HS ICD CD Y. Suzuki. Performed the experiments: ICD CD TB Y. Suzuki HK. Analyzed the data: ICD CD TB Y. Suzuki RS HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y. Shobugawa. Wrote the paper: ICD RS HS.