About the Authors
- Naomi Higa
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Bacteriology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
- Claudia Toma
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Bacteriology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
- Yukiko Koizumi
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Bacteriology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
- Noboru Nakasone
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Bacteriology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
- Toshitsugu Nohara
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Bacteriology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
- Junya Masumoto
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Affiliation Department of Pathogenomics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan
- Toshio Kodama
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Affiliation International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Tetsuya Iida
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Affiliation International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Toshihiko Suzuki
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* E-mail: t-suzuki@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Molecular Bacteriology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NH CT TS. Performed the experiments: NH CT TS. Analyzed the data: NH CT TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK NN TN JM TK TI. Wrote the paper: TS.