About the Authors

Mamadou O. Traore

Affiliation Direction Nationale de la Santé, Bamako, Mali

Moussa D. Sarr

Affiliation Ministere de la Santé et de la Prévention, Dakar, Senegal

Alioune Badji

Affiliation Ministere de la Santé et de la Prévention, Dakar, Senegal

Yiriba Bissan

Affiliation Multi-disease Surveillance Centre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Lamine Diawara

Affiliation Ministere de la Santé et de la Prévention, Dakar, Senegal

Konimba Doumbia

Affiliation Direction Nationale de la Santé, Bamako, Mali

Soula F. Goita

Affiliation Direction Nationale de la Santé, Bamako, Mali

Lassana Konate

Affiliation University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

Kalifa Mounkoro

Affiliation Direction Nationale de la Santé, Bamako, Mali

Amadou F. Seck

Affiliation Ministere de la Santé et de la Prévention, Dakar, Senegal

Laurent Toe

Affiliation Multi-disease Surveillance Centre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Seyni Toure

Affiliation Ministere de la Santé et de la Prévention, Dakar, Senegal

Jan H. F. Remme

Hansremme@gmail.com

Affiliation Ornex, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MOT YB LD LK LT JHFR. Performed the experiments: MOT MDS AB YB KD SFG LK KM AFS LT ST. Analyzed the data: MOT MDS AB YB KD LD SFG LK KM AFS LT ST JHFR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LT JHFR. Wrote the paper: MOT MDS YB LK LT JHFR.