About the Authors

Tuvshinzaya Zorigt

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

Affiliations Division of Infection and Immunity, International Institute for Zoonosis Control (Former Research Center for Zoonosis Control), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Yoshikazu Furuta

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

Affiliations Division of Infection and Immunity, International Institute for Zoonosis Control (Former Research Center for Zoonosis Control), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Manyando Simbotwe

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, International Institute for Zoonosis Control (Former Research Center for Zoonosis Control), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Akihiro Ochi

Roles Resources

Affiliation Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Mai Tsujinouchi

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, International Institute for Zoonosis Control (Former Research Center for Zoonosis Control), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Misheck Shawa

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infection and Immunity, International Institute for Zoonosis Control (Former Research Center for Zoonosis Control), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Tomoko Shimizu

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, International Institute for Zoonosis Control (Former Research Center for Zoonosis Control), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Norikazu Isoda

Roles Resources

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Jargalsaikhan Enkhtuya

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Hygiene, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Hideaki Higashi

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

hidea-hi@czc.hokudai.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Infection and Immunity, International Institute for Zoonosis Control (Former Research Center for Zoonosis Control), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.