About the Authors

Milagros R. Mananggit

Contributed equally to this work with: Milagros R. Mananggit, Daria L. Manalo, Nobuo Saito, Kazunori Kimitsuki

Affiliation Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Agriculture Field Office III, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines

Daria L. Manalo

Contributed equally to this work with: Milagros R. Mananggit, Daria L. Manalo, Nobuo Saito, Kazunori Kimitsuki

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Philippines

Nobuo Saito

Contributed equally to this work with: Milagros R. Mananggit, Daria L. Manalo, Nobuo Saito, Kazunori Kimitsuki

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan, School of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Kazunori Kimitsuki

Contributed equally to this work with: Milagros R. Mananggit, Daria L. Manalo, Nobuo Saito, Kazunori Kimitsuki

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Alyssa Marie G. Garcia

Affiliation Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Agriculture Field Office III, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines

Patricia Mae T. Lacanilao

Affiliation Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Agriculture Field Office III, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines

Joely T. Ongtangco

Affiliation Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Agriculture Field Office III, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines

Cornhlo R. Velasco

Affiliation Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Agriculture Field Office III, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines

Maria Victoria A. del Rosario

Affiliation Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Agriculture Field Office III, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines

Maria Glofezita O. Lagayan

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, Quezon City, Philippines

Kentaro Yamada

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan, Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

Chun-Ho Park

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan

Satoshi Inoue

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan, National Institute of Infectious Disease, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

Motoi Suzuki

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Disease, Shinjuku-ku, Japan

Mariko Saito-Obata

Affiliation Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Yasuhiko Kamiya

Affiliation School of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Catalino S. Demetria

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Philippines

Beatriz P. Quiambao

Affiliation Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Philippines

Akira Nishizono

a24zono@oita-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.