Another advantage of multi-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis that can putatively subdivide enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 strains into clades by maximum a posteriori estimation

• Shinichiro Hirai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hirai@nih.go.jp

  Affiliation Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5597-2518

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• Eiji Yokoyama,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Bacteriology, Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Chiba, Japan

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• Naoshi Ando,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Chiba, Japan

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• Junji Seto,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Yamagata, Japan

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• Kyoko Hazama,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Chiba, Japan

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• Keigo Enomoto,

  Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Chiba, Japan

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• Hidemasa Izumiya,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yukihiro Akeda,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Makoto Ohnishi

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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