About the Authors

Hitoshi Kawada

vergiss@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Vector Ecology & Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Yukiko Higa

Affiliation Department of Vector Ecology & Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Yen T. Nguyen

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Son H. Tran

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Hoa T. Nguyen

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Masahiro Takagi

Affiliation Department of Vector Ecology & Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK YH YTN HTN MT. Performed the experiments: HK YH YTN SHT. Analyzed the data: HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK MT. Wrote the paper: HK.