About the Authors

Eugenio Fonzi

felicita.caldotricheco@gmail.com

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

Yukiko Higa

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

Arlene G. Bertuso

Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

Kyoko Futami

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

Noboru Minakawa

Affiliation Department of Vector Ecology and 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: EF YH AGB NM. Performed the experiments: EF YH AGB. Analyzed the data: EF KF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGB NM. Wrote the paper: EF KF YH NM.