About the Authors

Kabemba E. Mwape

Contributed equally to this work with: Kabemba E. Mwape, Joachim Blocher

Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Joachim Blocher

Contributed equally to this work with: Kabemba E. Mwape, Joachim Blocher

Joachim.blocher@med.uni-goettingen.de

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Medical University Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Department of Neurology, Elbe-Kliniken Stade/Buxtehude GmbH, Stade, Germany

Jasmin Wiefek

Affiliation Europe-University of Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany

Kathie Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Neuroradiology, Medical University Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Pierre Dorny

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Nicolas Praet

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Clarance Chiluba

Affiliation Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

Holger Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Elbe-Kliniken Stade/Buxtehude GmbH, Stade, Germany

Isaac K. Phiri

Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Andrea S. Winkler

‡ ASW and SG also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany

Sarah Gabriël

‡ ASW and SG also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEM JB IKP ASW PD SG. Performed the experiments: KEM JB NP JW SG. Analyzed the data: KEM JB KS HS NP PD ASW SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS HS CC NP PD SG. Wrote the paper: KEM JB JW KS PD NP CC HS IKP ASW SG.