About the Authors

Halima Mwenesi

Contributed equally to this work with: Halima Mwenesi, Charles Mbogo, Núria Casamitjana, Marcia C. Castro, Maurice A. Itoe, Friday Okonofua, Marcel Tanner

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Affiliation Consultant, Nairobi, Kenya

Charles Mbogo

Contributed equally to this work with: Halima Mwenesi, Charles Mbogo, Núria Casamitjana, Marcia C. Castro, Maurice A. Itoe, Friday Okonofua, Marcel Tanner

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)–Wellcome Trust Research Program, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Geographic Medicine Research, Coast (CGMR(C), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kilifi, Kenya

Núria Casamitjana

Contributed equally to this work with: Halima Mwenesi, Charles Mbogo, Núria Casamitjana, Marcia C. Castro, Maurice A. Itoe, Friday Okonofua, Marcel Tanner

Affiliation Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clinic–University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Marcia C. Castro

Contributed equally to this work with: Halima Mwenesi, Charles Mbogo, Núria Casamitjana, Marcia C. Castro, Maurice A. Itoe, Friday Okonofua, Marcel Tanner

Affiliation Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Maurice A. Itoe

Contributed equally to this work with: Halima Mwenesi, Charles Mbogo, Núria Casamitjana, Marcia C. Castro, Maurice A. Itoe, Friday Okonofua, Marcel Tanner

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Friday Okonofua

Contributed equally to this work with: Halima Mwenesi, Charles Mbogo, Núria Casamitjana, Marcia C. Castro, Maurice A. Itoe, Friday Okonofua, Marcel Tanner

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

Marcel Tanner

Contributed equally to this work with: Halima Mwenesi, Charles Mbogo, Núria Casamitjana, Marcia C. Castro, Maurice A. Itoe, Friday Okonofua, Marcel Tanner

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

Competing Interests

No competing interests.