About the Authors

Atsushi Wada

wada.atsushi@sysmex.co.jp

Affiliation Scientific Research Division, Scientific Affairs, Sysmex Corporation, 1-3-2 Murotani, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651–2241, Japan

Yuri Takagi

Affiliation Scientific Research Division, Scientific Affairs, Sysmex Corporation, 1-3-2 Murotani, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651–2241, Japan

Mari Kono

Affiliation Scientific Research Division, Scientific Affairs, Sysmex Corporation, 1-3-2 Murotani, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651–2241, Japan

Takashi Morikawa

Affiliation Scientific Research Division, Scientific Affairs, Sysmex Corporation, 1-3-2 Murotani, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651–2241, Japan

Competing Interests

All of the authors are employees of Sysmex Corporation. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AW MK TM. Performed the experiments: AW YT MK. Analyzed the data: AW YT MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW YT MK. Wrote the paper: AW YT MK TM.