About the Authors

Misako Yoneda

yone@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp (MY); ckai@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp (CK)

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Marie-Claude Georges-Courbot

Affiliation Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale, Laboratory P4 INSERM Jean Mérieux, Lyon, France

Fusako Ikeda

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Miho Ishii

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Noriyo Nagata

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology Tokyo, Japan

Frederic Jacquot

Affiliation Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale, Laboratory P4 INSERM Jean Mérieux, Lyon, France

Hervé Raoul

Affiliation Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale, Laboratory P4 INSERM Jean Mérieux, Lyon, France

Hiroki Sato

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Chieko Kai

yone@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp (MY); ckai@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp (CK)

Affiliations Laboratory Animal Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY CK. Performed the experiments: MY MCGC FI MI NN FJ. Analyzed the data: MY HS CK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MI HS HR. Wrote the paper: MY CK.