About the Authors

Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

dyeboah-manu@noguchi.mimcom.org

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Grace S. Kpeli

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Marie-Thérèse Ruf

Affiliations Molecular Immunology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Kobina Asan-Ampah

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Kwabena Quenin-Fosu

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Evelyn Owusu-Mireku

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Albert Paintsil

Affiliation Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery Unit, Korle-BU Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

Isaac Lamptey

Affiliation Ga South District, Ghana Health Service, Obom, Ghana

Benjamin Anku

Affiliation Ga West District, Ghana Health Service, Amasaman, Ghana

Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean

Affiliation Ga West District, Ghana Health Service, Amasaman, Ghana

Mercy Newman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Korle-Bu, Ghana

Gerd Pluschke

Affiliations Molecular Immunology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DYM GP MN. Performed the experiments: DYM GSK MTR KAA KQF EOM AP. Analyzed the data: DYM GSK MTR GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP BA IL CKM MN. Wrote the paper: DYM MTR GP.