About the Authors

Shigemune Bekki

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Viral Hepatitis, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

Satoru Hashimoto

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Current address: Department of Gastroenterology, Japan Community Health care Organization Kyushu Hospital, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Kazumi Yamasaki

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Atsumasa Komori

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Seigo Abiru

Roles Resources

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Shinya Nagaoka

Roles Resources

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Akira Saeki

Roles Resources

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Tomoyuki Suehiro

Roles Resources

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Yuki Kugiyama

Roles Resources

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Asami Beppu

Roles Resources

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Tamotsu Kuroki

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Viral Hepatitis, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

Minoru Nakamura

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Viral Hepatitis, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

Masahiro Ito

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Viral Hepatitis, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

Hiroshi Yatsuhashi

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

yatsuhashihiroshi@gmail.com

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Viral Hepatitis, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.