About the Authors

Tetsuya Kakita

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kakitatt@pref.okinawa.lg.jp (TK); nkoizumi@niid.go.jp (NK)

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

Sho Okano

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Okinawa Prefectural Government, Naha, Okinawa, Japan

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

Hisako Kyan

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Masato Miyahira

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Sanitary Affairs Division, Yaeyama Regional Public Health Center, Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan

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

Katsuya Taira

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Okinawa Prefectural Government, Naha, Okinawa, Japan

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

Emi Kitashoji

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

Nobuo Koizumi

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

kakitatt@pref.okinawa.lg.jp (TK); nkoizumi@niid.go.jp (NK)

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Disease, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.