About the Authors

Atsuko Hachiya

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Eiichi N. Kodama

sarafianoss@missouri.edu (SGS); kodama515@m.tains.tohoku.ac.jp (ENK)

Affiliation Division of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Matthew M. Schuckmann

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Karen A. Kirby

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Eleftherios Michailidis

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Yasuko Sakagami

Affiliation Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Shinichi Oka

Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kamalendra Singh

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Stefan G. Sarafianos

sarafianoss@missouri.edu (SGS); kodama515@m.tains.tohoku.ac.jp (ENK)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH ENK SO SGS. Performed the experiments: AH MMS KAK EM YS KS. Analyzed the data: AH MMS KAK KS SGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH ENK SGS OS. Wrote the paper: AH ENK KS SGS.