About the Authors

Anette Stauch

anette.stauch@medizin.uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Hans-Peter Duerr

Affiliation Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Jean-Claude Dujardin

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Manu Vanaerschot

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Shyam Sundar

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Martin Eichner

Affiliation Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS HPD ME. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS HPD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCD MV SS. Wrote the paper: AS HPD ME. Contextualized the model analyses and contributed to the writing of the paper: JCD MV SS.