About the Authors

Daisuke Nonaka

laodaisuke@hotmail.co.jp

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Masamine Jimba

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuya Mizoue

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, International Clinical Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Jun Kobayashi

Affiliations Graduate School of International Health Development, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of International Medical Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Junko Yasuoka

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Irene Ayi

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Achini C. Jayatilleke

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Sabina Shrestha

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kimiyo Kikuchi

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Syed E. Haque

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Siyan Yi

Affiliation The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN MJ TM JK. Performed the experiments: DN IA ACJ SS KK SEH SY. Analyzed the data: DN SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM IA ACJ SS KK SEH SY. Wrote the paper: DN MJ JY.