About the Authors
- Naotoshi Tsuji
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Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Takeharu Miyoshi
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Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Badger Battsetseg
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Affiliation National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
- Tomohide Matsuo
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Affiliations National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
- Xuenan Xuan
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
- Kozo Fujisaki
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* E-mail: tick@ms.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Affiliations National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: N. Tsuji, K. Fujisaki. Performed the experiments: T. Miyoshi, B. Battsetseg, T. Matsuo, X. Xuan. Analyzed the data: N. Tsuji, X. Xuan, K. Fujisaki. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: B. Battsetseg, T. Matsuo. Wrote the paper: N. Tsuji, K. Fujisaki.