About the Authors

Toshiyuki Hayakawa

hayakawa@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp (TH); kztanabe@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp (KT)

Affiliation Laboratory of Malariology, International Research Center of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Nobuko Arisue

Affiliation Department of Molecular Protozoology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Toshifumi Udono

Affiliation The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Uto, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, CO., LTD, Uki, Kumamoto, Japan

Hirohisa Hirai

Affiliation Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan

Jetsumon Sattabongkot

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Tomoko Toyama

Affiliation Laboratory of Malariology, International Research Center of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Takafumi Tsuboi

Affiliation Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Toshihiro Horii

Affiliation Department of Molecular Protozoology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Kazuyuki Tanabe

hayakawa@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp (TH); kztanabe@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp (KT)

Affiliation Laboratory of Malariology, International Research Center of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH KT. Performed the experiments: TH NA TT. Analyzed the data: TH NA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TU HH JS TT. Wrote the paper: TH KT. Reviewed the paper: TH.