About the Authors

Yasumitsu Nishimura

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Kazuaki Takahashi

Affiliation Comprehensive Housing R&D Institute, SEKISUI HOUSE, Ltd., 6-6-4 Kabutodai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619–0224, Japan

Akinori Mase

Affiliation Comprehensive Housing R&D Institute, SEKISUI HOUSE, Ltd., 6-6-4 Kabutodai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619–0224, Japan

Muneo Kotani

Affiliations Comprehensive Housing R&D Institute, SEKISUI HOUSE, Ltd., 6-6-4 Kabutodai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619–0224, Japan, Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd., 1 Higashi 3-chome, Komaki, Aichi, 485–8550 Japan

Kazuhisa Ami

Affiliations Comprehensive Housing R&D Institute, SEKISUI HOUSE, Ltd., 6-6-4 Kabutodai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619–0224, Japan, Yamada SXL Home Co. Ltd., 5F OAP Tower, 1-8-30 Tenma-bashi, Kita-Ku, Osaka, 530–0043, Japan

Megumi Maeda

Affiliation Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Division of Bioscience, Okayama University Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Okayama, 700–0082, Japan

Takashi Shirahama

Affiliation Artech Kohboh, Co. Ltd., 57–29, Hattandago, Higashisonogi, Higashisonogi, Nagasaki, 859–3922, Japan

Suni Lee

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Hidenori Matsuzaki

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Naoko Kumagai-Takei

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Kei Yoshitome

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Takemi Otsuki

takemi@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The SUMICAS devices described in this manuscript were provided by Artech Kohboh Ltd. and Yamada SXL Home Co. Ltd. The scientific content of this work was not directly supported by Artech Kohboh Ltd. or Yamada SXL Home Co. Ltd. save that author Takashi Shirahama is employed by Artech Kohboh Ltd. and author Kazuhisa Ami is employed by Yamada SXL Home Co. Ltd. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YN KY TO. Performed the experiments: YN MM TS HM SL NK-T. Analyzed the data: YN TO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT AM MK KA. Wrote the paper: YN TO.