About the Authors
- Beatrice Wasunna
-
* E-mail: anyangob@gmail.com
Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 54840–00200, Nairobi, Kenya
- Emelda A. Okiro
-
Affiliations Department of Public Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast (CGMRC), P.O. Box 43640–00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, CCVTM, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Jayne Webster
-
Affiliation Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, Keppel Street, WCIE 7HT, London, United Kingdom
- Jim Todd
-
Affiliation Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Keppel Street, WCIE 7HT, London, United Kingdom
- Robert W. Snow
-
Affiliations Department of Public Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast (CGMRC), P.O. Box 43640–00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, CCVTM, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Caroline Jones
-
Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, CCVTM, Oxford, United Kingdom, Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, Keppel Street, WCIE 7HT, London, United Kingdom, Health Systems and Social Science Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast (CGMR-C), P.O. Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
Competing Interests
Pfizer Mobilize against Malaria Initiative (MAM) provided funding for this study but was not involved in study design, data collection, and interpretation of the results or decisions to submit the final manuscript. RWS has participated in the Novartis National Malaria Control Programme Best Practice Workshops in Africa and has received consultative fees for participation. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BW EAO JW JT RWS CJ. Performed the experiments: BW. Analyzed the data: BW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW EAO JW JT RWS CJ. Wrote the paper: BW EAO JW JT RWS CJ. Provided technical support in the data assembly and data analysis: EAO JT. Advised on interpretation of study results: JT. Wrote the first draft of the paper: BW.