About the Authors

Nicolas Senn

nicolas.senn@gmail.com

Affiliations Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Seri Maraga

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Albert Sie

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Stephen J. Rogerson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

John C. Reeder

Affiliation Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Peter Siba

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Ivo Mueller

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCR IM. Performed the experiments: SMM AS IM. Analyzed the data: NS IM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJR JCR PS. Wrote the paper: NS.