About the Authors
- Tatsuya Tada
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama
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Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Pathogenic Microbe Laboratory, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kayo Shimada
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Akino Shiroma
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Affiliation Research and Development Division, Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
- Kazuma Nakano
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Affiliation Research and Development Division, Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
- Kuniko Teruya
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Affiliation Research and Development Division, Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
- Kazuhito Satou
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Affiliation Research and Development Division, Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
- Takashi Hirano
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Affiliation Research and Development Division, Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
- Masahiro Shimojima
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Affiliation Department of Accuracy Management, BML Inc., Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
- Teruo Kirikae
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* E-mail: tkirikae@ri.ncgm.go.jp
Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
M. Shimojima is employed by a commercial company (BML Inc.). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TT TK. Performed the experiments: TT TM K. Shimada AS KN KT K. Satou TH. Analyzed the data: TT K. Shimada. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS. Wrote the paper: TT TK.