About the Authors

Sengtavanh Keokenchanh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

keokenchanh.sengtavanh@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu-shi, Mie, Japan, Foreign Relation Division, Cabinet of the Ministry of Health, Sisattanack District, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

Sengchanh Kounnavong

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Sisattanack district, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

Kaoru Midorikawa

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Child Education, Suzuka University, Suzuka, Mie, Japan

Wakaha Ikeda

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Epidemiology Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Mie University Hospital, Tsu-shi, Mie, Japan

Akemi Morita

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu-shi, Mie, Japan

Takumi Kitajima

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu-shi, Mie, Japan

Shigeru Sokejima

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu-shi, Mie, Japan, Epidemiology Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Mie University Hospital, Tsu-shi, Mie, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.