About the Authors

Rochelle R. Pamaran

Affiliation Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Taro Kamigaki

kamigakit@med.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Teresita T. Hewe

Affiliation Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Korrine Madeleine C. Flores

Affiliation Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Edelwisa S. Mercado

Affiliation Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Portia P. Alday

Affiliation Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Alvin G. Tan

Affiliation Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Hitoshi Oshitani

Affiliation Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Remigio M. Olveda

Affiliation Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Veronica L. Tallo

Affiliation Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRP TK KMCF HO RMO VLT. Performed the experiments: ESM. Analyzed the data: RRP TTH TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PPA AGT. Wrote the manuscript: RRP TK.