About the Authors

Amaya L. Bustinduy

Affiliations Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Charles L. Thomas

Affiliation Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Justin J. Fiutem

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Isabel M. Parraga

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Peter L. Mungai

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Eric M. Muchiri

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne and Neglected Diseases (DVBND), Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya

Francis Mutuku

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Uriel Kitron

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Charles H. King

chk@cwru.edu

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALB JJF IMP PLM EMM FM UK CHK. Performed the experiments: ALB PLM EMM FM UK CHK. Analyzed the data: ALB CLT FM UK CHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALB CLT FM EMM PLM UK CHK. Wrote the paper: ALB CLT EMM UK CHK. Head supervisor of laboratory technicians: EMM. Household mapping: UK FM.