Apostol, Lea Necitas http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5047-7956
Shimizu, Hiroyuki
Suzuki, Akira
Umami, Rifqiyah Nur
Jiao, Maria Melissa Ann
Tandoc, Amado III
Saito, Mariko
Lupisan, Socorro
Oshitani, Hitoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP17fm0108013 and JP17fk0108204)
Japan Initiative for Global Research Network on Infectious Diseases
Article History
Received: 7 May 2018
Accepted: 8 April 2019
First Online: 2 May 2019
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