About the Authors
- Mika Saitoh
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Affiliation Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Maebashi-shi, Gunma, Japan
- Makoto Takeda
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Affiliation Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Koichi Gotoh
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Affiliation Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Maebashi-shi, Gunma, Japan
- Fumihiko Takeuchi
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsuyoshi Sekizuka
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Makoto Kuroda
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Katsumi Mizuta
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Affiliation Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, Japan
- Akihide Ryo
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Biodefence Research, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
- Ryota Tanaka
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Kyorin University, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Haruyuki Ishii
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Hayato Takada
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Affiliation Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Maebashi-shi, Gunma, Japan
- Kunihisa Kozawa
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Affiliation Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Maebashi-shi, Gunma, Japan
- Ayako Yoshida
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Affiliation Aomori Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Aomori-shi, Aomori, Japan
- Masahiro Noda
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Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Nobuhiko Okabe
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Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Hirokazu Kimura
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* E-mail: kimhiro@nih.go.jp
Affiliations Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Maebashi-shi, Gunma, Japan, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HK MT. Performed the experiments: MS HK KG KM AY MN. Analyzed the data: AR RT HI HT KK NO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FT TS MK. Wrote the paper: HK MS MT.