PCR detection of human herpesviruses in colonic mucosa of individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: Comparison with individuals with immunocompetency and HIV infection

• Takayuki Shimada ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TS and KO contributed equally to collecting clinical information and are the main authors of the manuscript and AJ, TH and SO contributed to performing the mucosal PCR assay and TS, JA and NU contributed to editing of the manuscript.

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Naoyoshi Nagata ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nnagata_ncgm@yahoo.co.jp

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7255-4024

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• Koki Okahara ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration

  ¶‡ TS and KO contributed equally to collecting clinical information and are the main authors of the manuscript and AJ, TH and SO contributed to performing the mucosal PCR assay and TS, JA and NU contributed to editing of the manuscript.

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Akane Joya ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  ¶‡ TS and KO contributed equally to collecting clinical information and are the main authors of the manuscript and AJ, TH and SO contributed to performing the mucosal PCR assay and TS, JA and NU contributed to editing of the manuscript.

  Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tsunefusa Hayashida ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  ¶‡ TS and KO contributed equally to collecting clinical information and are the main authors of the manuscript and AJ, TH and SO contributed to performing the mucosal PCR assay and TS, JA and NU contributed to editing of the manuscript.

  Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shinichi Oka ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  ¶‡ TS and KO contributed equally to collecting clinical information and are the main authors of the manuscript and AJ, TH and SO contributed to performing the mucosal PCR assay and TS, JA and NU contributed to editing of the manuscript.

  Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toshiyuki Sakurai ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ TS and KO contributed equally to collecting clinical information and are the main authors of the manuscript and AJ, TH and SO contributed to performing the mucosal PCR assay and TS, JA and NU contributed to editing of the manuscript.

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Junichi Akiyama ,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  ¶‡ TS and KO contributed equally to collecting clinical information and are the main authors of the manuscript and AJ, TH and SO contributed to performing the mucosal PCR assay and TS, JA and NU contributed to editing of the manuscript.

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Naomi Uemura ,

  Roles Supervision

  ¶‡ TS and KO contributed equally to collecting clinical information and are the main authors of the manuscript and AJ, TH and SO contributed to performing the mucosal PCR assay and TS, JA and NU contributed to editing of the manuscript.

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Kohnodai Hospital, Chiba, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Gatanaga

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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