About the Authors

Ubydul Haque

Affiliation Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) and The Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Masahiro Hashizume

hashizum@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) and The Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Gregory E. Glass

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ashraf M. Dewan

Affiliations Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Hans J. Overgaard

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway

Taro Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) and The Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UH MH. Analyzed the data: UH MH. Wrote the paper: UH MH HJO. Critical input and re-appraisal of the manuscript: GEG AMD TY. Critical input: HJO.