About the Authors

Akie Maeyashiki

hamue@naramed-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan

Manabu Akahane

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan

Hiroaki Sugiura

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan

Yasushi Ohkusa

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, Tokyo, Japan

Nobuhiko Okabe

Affiliation Kawasaki City Public Health Institute for Public Health, Kawasaki, Japan

Tomoaki Imamura

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Health Management and Policy, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA HS YO NO TI AM. Performed the experiments: MA HS TI AM. Analyzed the data: MA HS TI AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA TI. Wrote the paper: MA HS TI AM.