1. Department of Hematology and Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki;
2. Department of Nutritional Health, Faculty of Wellness Studies, Kwassui Women's College, Nagasaki;
3. Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo;
4. Department of Hematology, Imamura Bun-in Hospital, Kagoshima;
5. Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki;
6. Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo;
7. Department of Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka;
8. Blood Transfusion Center, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita;
9. Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Nishi-beppu Hospital, Oita;
10. Department of Research, Japanese Red Cross Fukuoka Blood Center, Fukuoka;
11. Division of Hematology and Immunology, Center for Chronic Viral Diseases, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima;
12. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, Tokyo;
13. Department of Hematology, Oita Prefectural Hospital, Oita;
14. Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki Municipal Hospital, Nagasaki;
15. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo;
16. Department of Internal Medicine, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo;
17. Medical Scanning, Ikebukuro, Tokyo;
18. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki; and
19. Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biologics, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan