About the Authors

Moritoshi Iwagami

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Megumi Fukumoto

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Seung-Young Hwang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busanjin-gu, Busan, Korea

So-Hee Kim

Affiliation Department of Malariology, College of Medicine, Paik Institute of Clinical Research, Inje University, Busanjin-gu, Busan, Korea

Weon-Gyu Kho

wgkho@inje.ac.kr (WGK); kano@ri.ncgm.go.jp (SK)

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busanjin-gu, Busan, Korea, Department of Malariology, College of Medicine, Paik Institute of Clinical Research, Inje University, Busanjin-gu, Busan, Korea

Shigeyuki Kano

wgkho@inje.ac.kr (WGK); kano@ri.ncgm.go.jp (SK)

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MI MF WGK SK. Performed the experiments: MI MF SYH SHK. Analyzed the data: MI MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WGK. Wrote the paper: MI MF WGK SK.