About the Authors

Bernard A. Okech

Okech@whitney.ufl.edu

Affiliations Eastern and Southern Africa Centre for International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Biotechnology, Research and Development (CBRD), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya, Environmental Health Program, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Emerging Pathogens Institute and Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida, St. Augustine, Florida, United States of America

Isaac K. Mwobobia

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

Anthony Kamau

Affiliation African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF), Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Samuel Muiruri

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD), Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Noah Mutiso

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD), Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Joyce Nyambura

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

Cassian Mwatele

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

Teruaki Amano

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

Charles S. Mwandawiro

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAO IKM CM. Performed the experiments: BAO IKM AK SM NM JN CM. Analyzed the data: BAO IKM SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BAO TA CM. Wrote the paper: BAO.