Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding tick-borne diseases among an at-risk population living in Niigata prefecture, Japan

• Taichi Narita,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Japan

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• Hansani Madushika Abeywickrama,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Japan

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• Marcello Otake Sato,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9204-0602

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• Kozo Watanabe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

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• Reiko Arai,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Niigata Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Nishi-ku, Niigata City, Japan

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• Tsutomu Tamura,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Niigata Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Nishi-ku, Niigata City, Japan

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• Megumi Sato

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

  * E-mail: satomeg@clg.niigata-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata University, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4374-8070

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