About the Authors

Yoshiyuki Ishii

yishii@nih.go.jp

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Tomomi Nakahara

Affiliation Virology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Michiyo Kataoka

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Rika Kusumoto-Matsuo

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Seiichiro Mori

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Takamasa Takeuchi

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Iwao Kukimoto

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YI. Performed the experiments: YI TN. Analyzed the data: YI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YI MK. Wrote the paper: YI IK TN RKM SM TT.