About the Authors
- Inge Kroidl
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Contributed equally to this work with: Inge Kroidl, Elmar Saathof
* E-mail: ikroidl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
- Elmar Saathof
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Contributed equally to this work with: Inge Kroidl, Elmar Saathof
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich, Germany
- Lucas Maganga
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Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
- Petra Clowes
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
- Leonard Maboko
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Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
- Achim Hoerauf
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Affiliations German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn-Cologne, Germany, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Bonn, Germany
- Williams H. Makunde
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Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Tanga, Tanzania
- Antelmo Haule
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Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
- Prisca Mviombo
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Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
- Bettina Pitter
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
- Neema Mgeni
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Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
- Joseph Mabuye
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Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
- Dickens Kowuor
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Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
- Upendo Mwingira
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Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Mwelecele N. Malecela
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Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Thomas Löscher
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
- Michael Hoelscher
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: IK LMag PC WHM AHo UM MNM. Performed the experiments: IK AHa PM BP NM JM. Analyzed the data: IK ES DK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMag LMab TL MH. Wrote the paper: IK ES PC AHo WHM UM MNM MH.