About the Authors
- Hitoshi Kawada
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* E-mail: vergiss@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Gabriel O. Dida
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Affiliations Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, School of Public Health, Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya
- Kazunori Ohashi
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Affiliation Health and Crop Sciences Research Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd., Hyogo, Japan
- Emiko Kawashima
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Affiliation Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- George Sonye
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Affiliation Springs of Hope, Mbita, Kenya
- Sammy M. Njenga
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Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Nairobi, Kenya
- Charles Mwandawiro
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Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
- Noboru Minakawa
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Affiliations Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, The Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Competing Interests
KO is an employee of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., but he is not the board member, has no stocks of the company. No patent was applied by the study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HK KO. Performed the experiments: HK GOD EK. Analyzed the data: HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GOD GS. Wrote the paper: HK. Reviewed the protocol for the study and criticized on the discussion in the manuscript: SMN CM NM.