About the Authors

Toshihiro Takahashi

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Tomohiko Ai

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kaori Saito

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shuko Nojiri

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Medical Technology Innovation Center, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Maika Takahashi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Gene Igawa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Takamasa Yamamoto

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Abdullah Khasawneh

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Faith Jessica Paran

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Research Support Utilizing Bioresource Bank, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Satomi Takei

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yuki Horiuchi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takayuki Kanno

Roles Methodology

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

Minoru Tobiume

Roles Methodology

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

Makoto Hiki

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuru Wakita

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Miida

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Okuzawa

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Research Support Utilizing Bioresource Bank, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Coloproctological Surgery, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Tadaki Suzuki

Roles Methodology

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

Kazuhisa Takahashi

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Department of Research Support Utilizing Bioresource Bank, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Naito

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Department of Research Support Utilizing Bioresource Bank, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of General Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yoko Tabe

Roles Conceptualization

tabe@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Research Support Utilizing Bioresource Bank, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The reagent used in this study were partially provided by abbott, but the study was performed by scientifically proper methods without any bias. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.