Effect of voluntary human mobility restrictions on vector-borne diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: A descriptive epidemiological study using a national database (2016 to 2021)

• Kenji Hibiya ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kenji Hibiya, Akira Shinzato

  Roles Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: kenjipo@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihsara, Japan, Department of Pathological Diagnosis, University of the Ryukyus Hospital, Nishihara, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-8388

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• Akira Shinzato ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kenji Hibiya, Akira Shinzato

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihsara, Japan

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• Hiroyoshi Iwata,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Takeshi Kinjo,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihsara, Japan

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• Masao Tateyama,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Ohama Dai-ichi Hospital, Omoto-kai Group, Naha City, Okinawa, Japan

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• Kazuko Yamamoto,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihsara, Japan

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• Jiro Fujita

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihsara, Japan, Ohama Dai-ichi Hospital, Omoto-kai Group, Naha City, Okinawa, Japan

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