About the Authors

Hiroki Hashizume

Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroki Hashizume, Suguru Taga

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Ecoepidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Suguru Taga

Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroki Hashizume, Suguru Taga

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Ecoepidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Masayuki K. Sakata

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Mahmoud Hussein Mohamed Taha

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Emmanuel Edwar Siddig

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Toshifumi Minamoto

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Ahmed Hassan Fahal

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

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Satoshi Kaneko

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

skaneko@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Current address: Department of Ecoepidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Affiliations School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Ecoepidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.