Spatial distribution of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in central Hokkaido, Japan and associated ecological factors revealed by intensive short-term survey in 2024

• Mebuki Ito,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Risk Analysis and Management, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Yuma Ohari,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliations Division of Risk Analysis and Management, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, One Health Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Mai Kishimoto,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliations Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Izumisano, Japan, Osaka International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan

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• Keita Matsuno

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: matsuk@czc.hokudai.ac.jp

  Affiliations Division of Risk Analysis and Management, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, One Health Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Institute for Vaccine Research and Development, HU-IVReD, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, International Collaboration Unit, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4205-6526

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