About the Authors
- Achuyt Bhattarai
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: achuyt.bhattarai@ki.se
Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Abdullah S Ali
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Affiliation Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme, Zanzibar, Tanzania
- S. Patrick Kachur
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Affiliations Malaria Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America , Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
- Andreas Mårtensson
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Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden , Emergency Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Kullbergska Hospital, Katrineholm, Sweden
- Ali K Abbas
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Affiliation Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme, Zanzibar, Tanzania
- Rashid Khatib
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Affiliation Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
- Abdul-wahiyd Al-mafazy
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Affiliation Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme, Zanzibar, Tanzania
- Mahdi Ramsan
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Affiliation International Development Group, Research Triangle Institute, Zanzibar, Tanzania
- Guida Rotllant
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Jan F Gerstenmaier
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Affiliation Department of Accident & Emergency, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Fabrizio Molteni
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Affiliation Italian Co-operation, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
- Salim Abdulla
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Affiliation Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
- Scott M Montgomery
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Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden , Clinical Research Centre, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
- Akira Kaneko
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Anders Björkman
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Dr. Bhattarai had full access to the data in the study and takes full responsibility for the integrity of the data and accuracy of the data and its analysis. Study concept and design: Bhattarai, Kachur, Gerstenmaier, Abdulla, and Björkman. Acquisition of data: Bhattarai, Ali, Kachur, Abbas, Al-mafazy, Ramsan, Rotllant, Molteni, and Abdulla. Analysis and interpretation of data: Bhattarai, Kachur, Mårtensson, Montgomery, and Björkman. Drafting of the manuscript: Bhattarai, Kachur, Mårtensson, and Björkman. Statistical analysis: Bhattarai, Kachur, Mårtensson, Montgomery, Kaneko, and Björkman. Obtained funding: Ali, Kachur, Ramsan, and Molteni. Administrative, technical, and material support: Bhattarai, Ali, Kachur, Abbas, Khatib, Al-mafazy, Ramsan, Rotllant, Gerstenmaier, Molteni, and Björkman. Study supervision: Bhattarai, Ali, Kachur, Molteni, Abdulla, and Björkman. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.