About the Authors

Daniel J. Tisch

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

Neal D. E. Alexander

Affiliations Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Benson Kiniboro

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Henry Dagoro

† Deceased.

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Peter M. Siba

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Moses J. Bockarie

Affiliations Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Michael P. Alpers

Affiliations Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

James W. Kazura

james.kazura@case.edu

Affiliation 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: NDEA PMS MJB MPA JWK. Performed the experiments: BK HD MJB JWK. Analyzed the data: DJT NDEA. Wrote the paper: DJT JWK.