About the Authors

Anna Roca

aroca@mrc.gm

Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia, Barcelona Center for International Health Research (CRESIB), Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Philip C. Hill

Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia, Centre for International Health, School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

John Townend

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia

Uzo Egere

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia

Martin Antonio

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia

Abdoulie Bojang

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia

Abiodun Akisanya

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia

Teresa Litchfield

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia

David E. Nsekpong

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia

Claire Oluwalana

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia

Stephen R. C. Howie

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia

Brian Greenwood

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Richard A. Adegbola

Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCH BG RAA. Performed the experiments: AR PCH UE TL RAA. Analyzed the data: JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR MA AB DEN SRCH RAA. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: AR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AR PCH BG RAA. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: AR PCH JT UE MA AB AA TL DEN CO SRCH BG RAA. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: AR PCH JT UE MA AB AA TL DEN CO SRCH BG RAA.