Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (19fk0108049j1903, 20fk0108139j0701)
Article History
Received: 22 May 2020
Accepted: 28 July 2020
First Online: 3 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The medical research ethics committee of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases for the use of human subjects exempts their reviews for the characterization of leptospiral isolates obtained by laboratory diagnosis when requested formally by prefectural governments and information that has already been anonymized and cannot identify individuals. We used MLVA data from previously published papers to create Fig. InternalRef removed.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that there are no competing interests.