Molecular and biological analysis revealed genetic diversity and high virulence strain of Toxoplasma gondii in Japan

• Junpei Fukumoto,

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

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Akinori Yamano,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Motomichi Matsuzaki,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5811-798X

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• Hisako Kyan,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan

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• Tatsunori Masatani,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Transboundary Animal Diseases Research Center, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2347-4079

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• Tomohide Matsuo,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Toshihiro Matsui,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Mami Murakami,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Graduate School of Applied Biological Sciences and Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, University of Gifu, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

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• Yasuhiro Takashima,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Graduate School of Applied Biological Sciences and Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, University of Gifu, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

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• Ryuma Matsubara,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Current address: Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Michiru Tahara,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takaya Sakura,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Current address: School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Fumihiko Takeuchi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Gene Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kisaburo Nagamune

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

  * E-mail: nagamune@niid.go.jp

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0212-6726

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