About the Authors

Muhammad Yunus Amran

yunus09@bact.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Neurology, Hasanuddin University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jun Fujii

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Satoshi O. Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Glynis L. Kolling

Affiliation Center for Global Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Sharon Y. A. M. Villanueva

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Mosaburo Kainuma

Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Hideyuki Kobayashi

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Hideko Kameyama

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Shin-ichi Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MYA JF MK. Performed the experiments: MYA JF GLK SYAMV H. Kameyama. Analyzed the data: JF SOS MYA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SOS GLK H. Kobayashi. Wrote the paper: MYA JF SOS GLK SYAMV SY.