About the Authors

Chiho Kaneko

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Project for Zoonoses Education and Research, Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

Affiliation Unit of Risk Analysis and Management, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Ryosuke Omori

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Bioinformatics, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Michihito Sasaki

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Molecular Pathobiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Chikako Kataoka-Nakamura

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Risk Analysis and Management, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Edgar Simulundu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Disease Control, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Macha Research Trust, Choma, Zambia

Walter Muleya

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Ladslav Moonga

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Para-Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Joseph Ndebe

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Bernard M. Hang’ombe

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Para-Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

George Dautu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Virology Unit, Central Veterinary Research Institute, Lusaka, Zambia, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Lusaka, Zambia

Yongjin Qiu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hokudai Center for Zoonosis Control in Zambia, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Ryo Nakao

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Masahiro Kajihara

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Global Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Akina Mori-Kajihara

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Global Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Herman M. Chambaro

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Molecular Pathobiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Virology Unit, Central Veterinary Research Institute, Lusaka, Zambia, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Lusaka, Zambia

Hideaki Higashi

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Hokudai Center for Zoonosis Control in Zambia, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Division of Infection and Immunity, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Chihiro Sugimoto

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Collaboration and Education, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Hirofumi Sawa

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Molecular Pathobiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Aaron S. Mweene

† Deceased.

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Ayato Takada

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Disease Control, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Division of Global Epidemiology, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Norikazu Isoda

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

nisoda@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp

Affiliation Unit of Risk Analysis and Management, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Author Aaron S Mweene was unable to confirm their authorship contributions. On their behalf, the corresponding author has reported their contributions to the best of their knowledge.