About the Authors

Guoli Shi

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan

Tomomi Ando

Affiliations Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Ryosuke Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Mami Matsuda

Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Nakashima

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan

Masahiko Ito

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan

Tsutomu Omatsu

Affiliation Research and Education center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Mami Oba

Affiliation Research and Education center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Hideharu Ochiai

Affiliation Research Institute of Biosciences, Azabu University, Kanagawa, Japan

Takanobu Kato

Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuya Mizutani

Affiliation Research and Education center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuya Sawasaki

Affiliation Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan

Takaji Wakita

Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuro Suzuki

tesuzuki@hama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS TSu. Performed the experiments: GS TA RS MM KN MI TO MO HO TK. Analyzed the data: GS TA RS MM KN MI TO MO HO TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM TSa TW. Wrote the paper: GS TSu.