Shumoto, Godai
Nagashima, Luciene Airy
Itano, Eiko Nakagawa
Minakawa, Tomoko
Ueda, Keiichi
Sano, Ayako https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5240-4750
Funding for this research was provided by:
JICA (J17-50165)
a special grant for women researchers
2018 University of the Ryukyus Research Project Grant Program (no. 7, project 18SP05107)
Article History
Received: 12 February 2019
Accepted: 5 June 2019
First Online: 14 June 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. The usage of human sera was permitted by the ethic committee of University of the Ryukyus, No. 383 approved in November 24, 2017. Animal sera were derived from clinical samples, or previously permitted experimental infections, with permission No. 20020018 and No. 20050318 from Chiba University; therefore, our work did not qualify as an animal experiment according to the animal welfare committee of the University of the Ryukyus.