About the Authors

Koichi Suzuki

Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Suzuki, Aiko Saso, Keigo Hoshino, Junya Sakurai

koichis@nih.go.jp

Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Aiko Saso

Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Suzuki, Aiko Saso, Keigo Hoshino, Junya Sakurai

Affiliations The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Keigo Hoshino

Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Suzuki, Aiko Saso, Keigo Hoshino, Junya Sakurai

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Junya Sakurai

Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Suzuki, Aiko Saso, Keigo Hoshino, Junya Sakurai

Affiliation Faculty of Policy Management, Shobi University, Kawagoe, Japan

Kazunari Tanigawa

Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Yuqian Luo

Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Yuko Ishido

Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Shuichi Mori

Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuaki Hirata

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Norihisa Ishii

Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS SM KH NI. Performed the experiments: KS AS KH JS KT YI. Analyzed the data: KS AS KH JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS NI. Wrote the paper: KS AS JS YL.