About the Authors

Grant A. Mackenzie

Contributed equally to this work with: Grant A. Mackenzie, Ian D. Plumb

gmackenzie@mrc.gm

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Ian D. Plumb

Contributed equally to this work with: Grant A. Mackenzie, Ian D. Plumb

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Sana Sambou

Affiliation Disease Control Programme, Department of State for Health, Government of The Gambia, The Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa

Debasish Saha

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Uchendu Uchendu

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Bolanle Akinsola

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Usman N. Ikumapayi

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Ignatius Baldeh

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Effua Usuf

Affiliations MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa, Disease Control Programme, Department of State for Health, Government of The Gambia, The Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa

Kebba Touray

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Momodou Jasseh

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Stephen R. C. Howie

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Andre Wattiaux

Affiliation MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa

Ellen Lee

Affiliation PneumoADIP, International Vaccine Access Centre, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Maria Deloria Knoll

Affiliation PneumoADIP, International Vaccine Access Centre, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Orin S. Levine

Affiliation PneumoADIP, International Vaccine Access Centre, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Brian M. Greenwood

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

Richard A. Adegbola

Affiliations MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa, Global Health, Infectious Diseases Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Philip C. Hill

Affiliations MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa, Centre for International Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM IP SS MJ SH AW EL MK OL BG RA PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UU BA UI RA DS. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: PH GM IP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PH GM IP SS DS UU BA UI IB EU KT MJ SH AW EL MK OL BG RA PH. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: PH GM IP SS DS UU BA UI IB EU KT MJ SH AW EL MK OL BG RA PH. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: PH GM IP SS DS UU BA UI IB EU KT MJ SH AW EL MK OL BG RA PH.