About the Authors

Francis E. Dennis

Affiliations Department of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, Laboratory of Gastroenteritis Viruses, Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Yoshiki Fujii

Affiliation Laboratory of Gastroenteritis Viruses, Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan

Kei Haga

Affiliation Laboratory of Gastroenteritis Viruses, Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan

Susan Damanka

Affiliation Department of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Belinda Lartey

Affiliation Department of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Chantal A. Agbemabiese

Affiliation Department of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Nobuo Ohta

Affiliation Department of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

George E. Armah

Affiliation Department of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Kazuhiko Katayama

katayama@nih.go.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Gastroenteritis Viruses, Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FED GEA KK. Performed the experiments: FED YF KH. Analyzed the data: FED YF KH SD BL CAA NO GEA KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NO GEA KK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FED SD BL CAA NO GEA KK. Performed initial sample characterization: SD BL CAA.