About the Authors

Stephen L. Walker

Steve.Walker@lshtm.ac.uk

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

Peter G. Nicholls

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

C. Ruth Butlin

Affiliation DBLM Hospital, Nilphamari, Bangladesh

Jose Augusto C. Nery

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hemanto K. Roy

Affiliation DBLM Hospital, Nilphamari, Bangladesh

Emanuel Rangel

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Anna M. Sales

Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Diana N. J. Lockwood

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLW PGN DNJL. Performed the experiments: CRB JACN HKR ER AMS. Analyzed the data: SLW PGN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLW. Wrote the paper: SLW PGN CRB DNJL.