About the Authors

Christine Manyando

cmanyando@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola, Zambia

Eric M. Njunju

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola, Zambia

Umberto D’Alessandro

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden

Affiliation International Health, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM JPV. Performed the experiments: CM JPV. Analyzed the data: CM EN UDA JPV. Wrote the paper: CM EN UDA JPV.