About the Authors

Yukuto Sato

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

yuksato@lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (YS); claudia@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (CT)

Affiliations Research Laboratory Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan, Center for Strategic Research Project, Organization for Research Promotion, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

Idam Hermawan

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Okinawa Industrial Technology Center, Okinawa, Japan

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

Tetsuya Kakita

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Uruma-shi, Okinawa, Japan

Sho Okano

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Vaccination Strategy Division, Okinawa Prefectural Government, Okinawa, Japan

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Uruma-shi, Okinawa, Japan

Hideyuki Imai

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science; Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan

Hiroto Nagai

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science; Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan

Ryosuke Kimura

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Human Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

Tetsu Yamashiro

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

Tadashi Kajita

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Claudia Toma

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

yuksato@lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (YS); claudia@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (CT)

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.