About the Authors

Ken Fukuda

k.fukuda@kochi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

Waka Ishida

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

Jumpei Uchiyama

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

Mohammad Rashel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

Shin-ichiro Kato

Affiliation Research Institute of Molecular Genetics, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Tamae Morita

Affiliation Kochi Medical School Hospital, Kochi, Japan

Asako Muraoka

Affiliation Kochi Gakuen Junior College, Kochi, Japan

Tamaki Sumi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

Shigenobu Matsuzaki

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

Masanori Daibata

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

Atsuki Fukushima

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KF WI JU SM MD AF. Performed the experiments: KF WI JU MR SK TS AM SM. Analyzed the data: KF WI JU MR SK AM TS SM MD AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM. Wrote the paper: KF SM.