About the Authors
- Yoshiaki Gu
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* E-mail: ygu@med.tohoku.ac.jp
Affiliations Department of Regional Cooperation for Infectious Diseases, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Field Epidemiology Training Program-Japan/Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Tomoe Shimada
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Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Yoshinori Yasui
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Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Yuki Tada
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Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Mitsuo Kaku
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Affiliation Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Nobuhiko Okabe
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Affiliations Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health, Kawasaki, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YG TS YY YT. Performed the experiments: YG TS YY YT. Analyzed the data: YG TS YY YT MK NO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YG TS YY YT MK NO. Wrote the paper: YG TS.