About the Authors

Adwoa Asante-Poku

Affiliations Bacteriology Department, Noguchi Memorial institute For Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Michael Selasi Nyaho

Affiliations Bacteriology Department, Noguchi Memorial institute For Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, Biochemistry Department, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Sonia Borrell

Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Iñaki Comas

Affiliations Genomics and Health Unit, Centre for Public Health Research, Valencia, Spain, CIBER (Centros de Investigación Biomédica en Red) in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain

Sebastien Gagneux

Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

dyeboah-manu@noguchi.ug.edu.gh

Affiliation Bacteriology Department, Noguchi Memorial institute For Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DYM SG. Performed the experiments: AAP SB MSN. Analyzed the data: AAP DYM SB MSN IC. Wrote the paper: AAP DYM SG.