About the Authors

Naoko Fuji

Affiliation Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Akira Suzuki

Affiliations Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Tohoku-RITM Collaborating Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines

Socorro Lupisan

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines

Lydia Sombrero

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines

Hazel Galang

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines

Taro Kamigaki

Affiliations Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Tohoku-RITM Collaborating Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines

Raita Tamaki

Affiliations Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Tohoku-RITM Collaborating Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines

Mariko Saito

Affiliations Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Tohoku-RITM Collaborating Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines

Rapunzel Aniceto

Affiliations Tohoku-RITM Collaborating Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines, Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center, Leyte, Tacloban, Philippines

Remigio Olveda

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines

Hitoshi Oshitani

oshitanih@med.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Tohoku-RITM Collaborating Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NF AS SL RO HO. Performed the experiments: NF. Analyzed the data: NF TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NF RT MS RA HG LS. Wrote the paper: NF HO.