Balingit, Jean Claude
Carvajal, Thaddeus M.
Saito-Obata, Mariko
Gamboa, Maribet
Nicolasora, Amalea Dulcene
Sy, Ava Kristy
Oshitani, Hitoshi
Watanabe, Kozo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (19KK0107)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP19fm0108013, JPwm0125001)
Leading Academia in Marine and Environment Pollution Research (30-04)
JSPS Core-to-Core Program B Asia-Africa Science Platforms
Endowed Chair Program of the Sumitomo Electric Industries Group Corporate Social Responsibility Foundation
Article History
Received: 9 August 2020
Accepted: 5 November 2020
First Online: 25 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All participants were informed of the aims of the study and the procedures involved in the study at enrolment. Written informed consent was received before sample collection. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine (2020-1-098) and the Institutional Review Board of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine of the Philippines (2013-017).
: Not applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.