About the Authors

Hebert Ely Vasquez

hebertely@gmail.com

Affiliation Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Kyotaro Hashimoto

Affiliation Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Asami Yoshida

Affiliation Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Kenji Hara

Affiliation Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Chisato Chris Imai

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Hitoshi Kitamura

Affiliation Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Cyril Glenn Satuito

Affiliation Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HEV HK CGS. Performed the experiments: HEV K. Hashimoto AY K. Hara. Analyzed the data: HEV AY K. Hara CGS CCI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HEV K. Hashimoto AY K. Hara. Wrote the paper: HEV CGS.