About the Authors

Katharina Röltgen

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Kobina Assan-Ampah

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Emelia Danso

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Gerd Pluschke

gerd.pluschke@unibas.ch

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, 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: KR DYM GP. Performed the experiments: KR KAA. Analyzed the data: KR KAA GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAA ED DYM. Wrote the paper: KR GP.