About the Authors

Maki Kiso

Affiliation Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shuku Kubo

Affiliation Biological Research Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Hiromachi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Ozawa

Affiliations International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Quynh Mai Le

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Chairul A. Nidom

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tropical Disease Centre, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

Makoto Yamashita

Affiliation Biological Research Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Hiromachi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshihiro Kawaoka

kawaoka@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, ERATO Infection-Induced Host Responses Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan, International Center for Medical Research and Treatment, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Chuo-ku, Hyogo, Japan

Competing Interests

YK has received speaker's honoraria from Chugai Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Diichi-Sankyo, Toyama Chemical, Wyeth, and GlaxoSmithKline; grant support from Chugai Pharmaceuticals, Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical, and Toyama Chemical; and is a founder of FluGen.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK MY YK. Performed the experiments: MK SK MO MY. Analyzed the data: MK SK MO MY YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QML CAN. Wrote the paper: MK SK MO MY YK.