About the Authors

Akira Ito

akiraito@asahikawa-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Temuulen Dorjsuren

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan, Department of Medical Biology and Histology, School of Biomedicine, Health Sciences University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Anu Davaasuren

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan, National Center for Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Tetsuya Yanagida

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Yasuhito Sako

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Kazuhiro Nakaya

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Minoru Nakao

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Oyun-Erdene Bat-Ochir

Affiliation National Center of Pathology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Tsendjav Ayushkhuu

Affiliation National Center for Maternal and Child Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Narantuya Bazarragchaa

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Surgery, State Central First Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Nyamkhuu Gonchigsengee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, State Central First Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Tiaoying Li

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan, Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Sichuan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, China

Gurbadam Agvaandaram

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology and Histology, School of Biomedicine, Health Sciences University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Abmed Davaajav

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan, National Center for Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Chinchuluun Boldbaatar

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Gantigmaa Chuluunbaatar

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan, Mongolian Academy of Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AI TD. Performed the experiments: TD ADavaas CB GC TY YS KN. Analyzed the data: TD ADavaas TY YS MN TL AI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OEBO TA NB NG GA ADavaaj. Wrote the paper: AI TD ADavaas GC YS TY.