About the Authors

Serah F. Kurumop

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR), Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Chris Bullen

Affiliation National Institute for Health Innovation, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Robyn Whittaker

Affiliation National Institute for Health Innovation, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Inoni Betuela

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR), Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Manuel W. Hetzel

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Justin Pulford

justin.pulford@pngimr.org.pg

Affiliations Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR), Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP CB RW IB MW. Performed the experiments: JP SK. Analyzed the data: JP SK. Wrote the manuscript: JP SK. Revision of manuscript: CB RW IB MW.