About the Authors

Hassan Hakimi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hhakimi@obihiro.ac.jp (HH); masada@obihiro.ac.jp (MA)

Affiliations Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Thomas J. Templeton

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Miako Sakaguchi

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Junya Yamagishi

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Collaboration and Education, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, International Collaboration Unit, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Shinya Miyazaki

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Kazuhide Yahata

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Takayuki Uchihashi

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan

Shin-ichiro Kawazu

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Osamu Kaneko

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Masahito Asada

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

hhakimi@obihiro.ac.jp (HH); masada@obihiro.ac.jp (MA)

Affiliations Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.