About the Authors

Takeshi Nishijima

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Hiroyuki Gatanaga

higatana@acc.ncgm.go.jp

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Hirokazu Komatsu

Affiliation Department of Community Care, Saku Central Hospital, Nagano, Japan

Kunihisa Tsukada

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

Takuro Shimbo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research and Informatics, International Clinical Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takahiro Aoki

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

Koji Watanabe

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Ei Kinai

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

Haruhito Honda

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

Junko Tanuma

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

Hirohisa Yazaki

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

Miwako Honda

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

Katsuji Teruya

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

Yoshimi Kikuchi

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

Shinichi Oka

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TN HK HG TS EK JT SO. Performed the experiments: TN HK TS TA KW EK MH. Analyzed the data: TN HK HG TS HH HY K. Tsukada MH K. Teruya YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA KW HH JT HY K. Tsukada MH K. Teruya YK. Wrote the paper: TN HK HG TS EK SO.