Comparative prevalence of the mercury resistance gene merA in human feces, food, and environmental water from Japan, Vietnam, and Ghana

• Yen Hai Le,

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

  Affiliation The United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8630-8350

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• Judith Dzifa Azumah,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

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• Diep Thi Khong,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research and Service, Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hung Yen, Vietnam

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• Thang Nam Nguyen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research and Service, Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hung Yen, Vietnam

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• Cornelia Appiah-Kwarteng,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4012-2566

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• Kazuaki Matsui,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1563-3308

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• Mayumi Yamamoto,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan, Health Administration Center, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5603-6825

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• Kaori Tanaka,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan, Institute for Glyco-core Research, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

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• Yoshimasa Yamamoto

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ^* yamamoto.yoshimasa.i3@f.gifu-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation The United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2942-1672

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