About the Authors
- Makoto Kuroda
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* E-mail: makokuro@nih.go.jp
Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Genomics, Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Harutaka Katano
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Noriko Nakajima
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Minoru Tobiume
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Akira Ainai
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsuyoshi Sekizuka
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Genomics, Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Hideki Hasegawa
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Affiliation Influenza Virus Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Masato Tashiro
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Affiliation Influenza Virus Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Yuko Sasaki
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Affiliation Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Yoshichika Arakawa
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Affiliation Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Satoru Hata
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
- Masahide Watanabe
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
- Tetsutaro Sata
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MK TS. Performed the experiments: MK HK TS YS. Analyzed the data: MK HK TS HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK NN MT AA MT YA SH MW TS. Wrote the paper: MK.