About the Authors

Benjamin Speich

Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Shaali M. Ame

Affiliation Public Health Laboratory (Pemba) - Ivo de Carneri, Chake Chake, Tanzania

Said M. Ali

Affiliation Public Health Laboratory (Pemba) - Ivo de Carneri, Chake Chake, Tanzania

Rainer Alles

Affiliation Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Jan Hattendorf

Affiliations University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Jürg Utzinger

Affiliations University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Marco Albonico

Affiliation Ivo de Carneri Foundation, Milano, Italy

Jennifer Keiser

jennifer.keiser@unibas.ch

Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, 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: JK MA JU JH BS S. Ame. Performed the experiments: BS S. Ame JK S. Ali MA. Analyzed the data: BS JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA. Wrote the paper: BS JK JU JH MA S. Ame S. Ali RA.