About the Authors
- Kazumasa Yokoyama
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Affiliation Division of Global Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Hyun Kim
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Affiliation Division of Global Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Tetsu Mukai
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Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Masanori Matsuoka
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Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Chie Nakajima
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Affiliation Division of Global Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Yasuhiko Suzuki
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* E-mail: suzuki@czc.hokudai.ac.jp
Affiliations Division of Global Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JST/JICA-SATREPS, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TM MM CN YS. Performed the experiments: KY HK CN. Analyzed the data: KY CN YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY TM MM. Wrote the paper: KY TM MM CN YS.