About the Authors

Noboru Minakawa

Minakawa@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) and Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Gabriel O. Dida

Affiliation School of Public Health, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya

George O. Sonye

Affiliation Springs of Hope, Mbita, Kenya

Kyoko Futami

Affiliation Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) and Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Sammy M. Njenga

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM. Performed the experiments: GD GS. Analyzed the data: NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KF SN. Wrote the paper: NM.