About the Authors

Amal B. Nourein

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Mohammed A. Abass

Affiliation Khartoum Malaria Free Initiative, Khartoum State Malaria Control Programme, Khartoum, Sudan

Abdel Hameed D. Nugud

Affiliation National Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan

Ibrahim El Hassan

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jazan, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Robert W. Snow

Affiliations Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI – University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Abdisalan M. Noor

anoor@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliations Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI – University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

RWS has received funding from Novartis for chairing meetings of national control programmes in Africa and has received a research grant from Pfizer. All other authors have no conflicts of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABN AMN RWS. Performed the experiments: ABN MAA AMN. Analyzed the data: ABN AMN. Wrote the manuscript: ABN AMN RWS. Involved in original design of study: MAA ADN IEH.