About the Authors

Femkje A. M. Jonker

femkje.jonker@live.nl

Affiliation Global Child Health Group, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Job C. J. Calis

Affiliation Global Child Health Group, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kamija Phiri

Affiliation Community Health Department, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

Eric A. T. Brienen

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Harriet Khoffi

Affiliation Community Health Department, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

Bernard J. Brabin

Affiliation Global Child Health Group, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jaco J. Verweij

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Michael Boele van Hensbroek

Affiliation Global Child Health Group, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Lisette van Lieshout

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBvH LvL. Performed the experiments: JCJC KP EATB HK BJB JJV MBvH LvL. Analyzed the data: FAMJ JCJC LvL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCJC KP EATB HK BJB JJV MBvH LvL. Wrote the paper: FAMJ JCJC KP HK BJB JJV MBvH LvL.