About the Authors

Ubydul Haque

uhicddrb@yahoo.com

Affiliations International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) and the Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Toshihiko Sunahara

Affiliation Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) and the Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Masahiro Hashizume

Affiliation Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) and the Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Timothy Shields

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Taro Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) and the Global Center of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Rashidul Haque

Affiliation International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Gregory E. Glass

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UH RH. Performed the experiments: UH. Analyzed the data: UH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UH RH. Wrote the paper: UH. Conception, interpretation of result, and critically reviewed the final report: TS MH GEG TS TY. Overall scientific management: RH TS MH GEG TS TY. Principal Investigator: UH.