About the Authors

Akiko Sakuma

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Miyagi Prefectural Sendai Livestock Hygiene Service Center, Anyoji, Miyagino, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Cellular Biology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Haruyo Wasada Ochi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Kumamoto Prefectural Central Livestock Hygiene Service Center, Jyounan-mahi Shizume, Minami, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

Miyako Yoshioka

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Noriko Yamanaka

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Mitsutaka Ikezawa

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Keerthi S. Guruge

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

guruge@affrc.go.jp

Affiliations National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan, Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.