About the Authors

Shinji Kasai

kasacin@nih.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Osamu Komagata

Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Kentaro Itokawa

Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Shono

Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Lee Ching Ng

Affiliation Environmental Health Institute, National Environmental Agency, Singapore

Mutsuo Kobayashi

Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Tomita

Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK TT. Performed the experiments: SK OK. Analyzed the data: SK OK KI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS LCN MK. Wrote the paper: SK KI OK LCN TS MK TT.