About the Authors

Liya M. Assefa

Contributed equally to this work with: Liya M. Assefa, Thomas Crellen

liya.assefa@gmail.com

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Thomas Crellen

Contributed equally to this work with: Liya M. Assefa, Thomas Crellen

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Stella Kepha

Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Jimmy H. Kihara

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya

Sammy M. Njenga

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya

Rachel L. Pullan

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Simon J. Brooker

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMA TC SJB. Performed the experiments: LMA TC SK. Analyzed the data: LMA TC RLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHK SMN. Wrote the paper: LMA TC RLP SJB.