About the Authors
- Nobuyasu Hirai
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Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft
Affiliations Department of Pathogen, Infection and Immunity, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan, Center for Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
- Kei Kasahara
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Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: kassan@naramed-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
- Ryuichi Nakano
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Roles Methodology, Supervision
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
- Yoshihiko Ogawa
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Roles Project administration, Supervision
Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
- Yuki Suzuki
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Roles Data curation, Methodology
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
- Miho Ogawa
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Roles Methodology
Affiliation BML Biomedical Laboratories R&D Center, Inc., Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
- Naokuni Hishiya
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Roles Methodology
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
- Akiyo Nakano
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Roles Supervision, Validation
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
- Sadahiro Ichimura
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Roles Methodology
Affiliation BML Biomedical Laboratories R&D Center, Inc., Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
- Hisakazu Yano
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
- Masahide Yoshikawa
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Roles Conceptualization, Supervision
Affiliation Department of Pathogen, Infection and Immunity, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. BML Biomedical Laboratories R&D Center, Inc., provided support in the form of salaries for the author MO and SI, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to poublish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.