Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 may invalidate T-SPOT.TB assay results in rheumatoid arthritis patients: A retrospective case-control observational study

• Kunihiko Umekita ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kunihiko_umekita@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1116-5818

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• Yayoi Hashiba,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Zenjinkai Shimin-no-Mori Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Kosho Iwao,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Chihiro Iwao,

  Roles Data curation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Masatoshi Kimura,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Yumi Kariya,

  Roles Data curation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Kazuyoshi Kubo,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Zenjinkai Shimin-no-Mori Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Shunichi Miyauchi,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Risa Kudou,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Yuki Rikitake,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Katoko Takajo,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Takeshi Kawaguchi,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Motohiro Matsuda,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Ichiro Takajo,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Eisuke Inoue,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Showa University Research Administration Center, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toshihiko Hidaka,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision

  Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Zenjinkai Shimin-no-Mori Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Akihiko Okayama

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

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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