About the Authors
- Ahmed El-Shamy
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Affiliations Division of Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, Department of Virology, Suez Canal University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ismalia, Egypt
- Ikuo Shoji
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
- Soo-Ryang Kim
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Kobe Asahi Hospital, Kobe, Japan
- Yoshihiro Ide
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
- Susumu Imoto
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Kobe Asahi Hospital, Kobe, Japan
- Lin Deng
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
- Seitetsu Yoon
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Medical Center, Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan
- Takashi Fujisawa
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Steel Hirohata Hospital, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
- Satoshi Tani
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Konan Hospital, Kobe, Japan
- Yoshihiko Yano
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
- Yasushi Seo
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
- Takeshi Azuma
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
- Hak Hotta
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* E-mail: hotta@kobe-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AE SRK HH. Performed the experiments: AE IS YI LD. Analyzed the data: AE IS YI LD SI SY TF ST YY YS TA HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRK SI SY TF ST YY YS TA. Wrote the paper: AE SRK HH. Obtained permissions from the Ethics Committees: AE SRK HH.