About the Authors
- Tadayoshi Ikebe
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* E-mail: tdikebe@nih.go.jp
Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Manabu Ato
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Affiliation Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Takayuki Matsumura
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Affiliation Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Hideki Hasegawa
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Tetsutaro Sata
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazuo Kobayashi
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Affiliation Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Haruo Watanabe
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Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, 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: TI MA TM KK HW. Performed the experiments: TI MA TM HH. Analyzed the data: TI MA TM HH TS KK HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TI MA TM HH. Wrote the paper: TI MA TM HH KK HW.