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Department of Endoscopy, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Department of GI Endoscopy, 108 Central Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Department of Molecular Biology, 108 Military Central Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Department of Microbiology, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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Department of Gastroenterology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Department of Molecular Oncology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka City, Tokyo, Japan
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Division of Endoscopy, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Hakodate Hospital, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Chuou-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Department of Omics Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan
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Research Center for Micro-Nano Technology, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
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Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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*Correspondence: Koji Yahara, k-yahara@nih.go.jp
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*Correspondence: Ichizo Kobayashi, zat14430@nifty.com;ikobaya@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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*Correspondence: Yoshio Yamaoka, yyamaoka@oita-u.ac.jp
†These authors contributed equally to this work