About the Authors

Mwinyi I. Msellem

Affiliations Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Andreas Mårtensson

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Division of International Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

Guida Rotllant

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Achuyt Bhattarai

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Johan Strömberg

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Elizeus Kahigwa

Affiliation World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Montse Garcia

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Max Petzold

Affiliation Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden

Peter Olumese

Affiliation Global Malaria Programme, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Abdullah Ali

Affiliation Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Anders Björkman

anders.bjorkman@karolinska.se

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MIM AM GR AB JS EK MG MP PO AA AB. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: MIM AM GR AB JS EK MG MP PO AA AB. Designed the experiments/the study: MIM GR AB JS EK AA AB. Analyzed the data: GR MG AB. Collected data/did experiments for the study: MIM AM GR AB JS EK MP. Wrote the first draft of the paper: MIM MG AA AB. Contributed to the writing of the paper: MIM AM GR AB JS EK MG MP PO AA. Supervised the study: MG.