About the Authors

Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

n.labhardt@unibas.ch (NDL); M.motlomelo@solidarmed.ch (MM)

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Medical Services and Diagnostic, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Masetsibi Motlomelo

n.labhardt@unibas.ch (NDL); M.motlomelo@solidarmed.ch (MM)

Affiliation SolidarMed Lesotho, Seboche Hospital, Butha-Buthe, Lesotho

Bernard Cerutti

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Karolin Pfeiffer

Affiliation SolidarMed Switzerland, Lucerne, Switzerland

Mashaete Kamele

Affiliation SolidarMed Lesotho, Paray Hospital, Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho

Michael A. Hobbins

Affiliation SolidarMed Switzerland, Lucerne, Switzerland

Jochen Ehmer

Affiliation SolidarMed Switzerland, Lucerne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NDL JE MM KP MK MH. Performed the experiments: NDL MM MK. Analyzed the data: NDL MH BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NDL BC MM MK. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: NDL. Wrote the paper: NDL MK MM KP BC MH JE. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: NDL MK MM KP BC MH JE. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: NDL MK MM KP BC MH JE. Enrolled patients: MM MK.