About the Authors

Naohiko Matsushita

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

naomatsu2@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliations Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University. Nagasaki, Japan, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Chris Fook Sheng Ng

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University. Nagasaki, Japan

Yoonhee Kim

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Global Environmental Health, The School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Motoi Suzuki

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Nobuo Saito

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Koya Ariyoshi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Eumelia P. Salva

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, Republic of the Philippines

Efren M. Dimaano

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, Republic of the Philippines

Jose B. Villarama

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, Republic of the Philippines

Winston S. Go

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, Republic of the Philippines

Masahiro Hashizume

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University. Nagasaki, Japan, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors declared no competing interests.