About the Authors

Tomihiko Ide

Affiliation Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Satoshi Komoto

satoshik@fujita-hu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Kyoko Higo-Moriguchi

Affiliation Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Khaing Win Htun

Affiliation Nay Pyi Taw General Hospital (Central Myanmar), Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Yi Yi Myint

Affiliation Department of Medical Research (Upper Myanmar), Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar

Theingi Win Myat

Affiliation Department of Medical Research (Lower Myanmar), Yangon, Myanmar

Kyaw Zin Thant

Affiliation Department of Medical Research (Lower Myanmar), Yangon, Myanmar

Hlaing Myat Thu

Affiliation Department of Medical Research (Lower Myanmar), Yangon, Myanmar

Mo Mo Win

Affiliation Department of Medical Research (Lower Myanmar), Yangon, Myanmar

Htun Naing Oo

Affiliation Department of Traditional Medicine (Central Myanmar), Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Than Htut

Affiliation Ministry of Health (Central Myanmar), Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Mitsutaka Wakuda

Affiliation Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Francis Ekow Dennis

Affiliations 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

Kei Haga

Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiki Fujii

Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhiko Katayama

Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo, Japan

Shofiqur Rahman

Affiliation Immunology Research Institute in Gifu, EW Nutrition Japan, Gifu, Japan

Sa Van Nguyen

Affiliation Immunology Research Institute in Gifu, EW Nutrition Japan, Gifu, Japan

Kouji Umeda

Affiliation Immunology Research Institute in Gifu, EW Nutrition Japan, Gifu, Japan

Keiji Oguma

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Takao Tsuji

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Koki Taniguchi

Affiliation Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TI SK KT. Performed the experiments: TI SK KHM MW KT. Analyzed the data: TI SK KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KWH YYM TWM KZT HMT MMW HNO TH FED KH YF KK SR SVN KU KO TT. Wrote the paper: TI SK KT.