About the Authors

Maria P. Rebollo

Current address: Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Khalfan A. Mohammed

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania

Brent Thomas

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Shaali Ame

Affiliation Public Health Laboratory-IdC, Chake-chake, Pemba, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Said Mohammed Ali

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania

Jorge Cano

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Alba Gonzalez Escalada

Affiliation Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain

Moses J. Bockarie

moses.bockarie@lstmed.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPR MJB AGE. Performed the experiments: MPR KAM BT SA SMA. Analyzed the data: MPR MJB JC BT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJB MPR SA SMA. Wrote the paper: MPR MJB AGE KAM SA SMA JC.