About the Authors

Ei Kinai

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

ekinai@tokyo-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Mio Ishikura

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Ryui Miyashita

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Yushi Chikasawa

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Akito Ichiki

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Ryoko Sekiya

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Infectious Disease, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Masato Bingo

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Muramatsu

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Mihoko Yotsumoto

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Hagiwara

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Kagehiro Amano

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

E.K. also received honoraria for lectures from Gilead Sciences and ViiV Healthcare. Both commercial entities had no roles in employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, and marketed products arising from this study. Furthermore, we also declare that all government and private agencies mentioned in this section and under the Funding Information section had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The funding does not alter E.K. adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors declare no conflict of interest in relation to the present study.