About the Authors
- Sammy Wambua
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Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
- Tabitha W Mwangi
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Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
- Moses Kortok
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Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
- Sophie M Uyoga
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Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
- Alex W Macharia
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Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
- Jedidah K Mwacharo
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Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
- David J Weatherall
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Affiliation Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Robert W Snow
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Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya , Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Kevin Marsh
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Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya , Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Thomas N Williams
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: twilliams@kilifi.mimcom.net
Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya , Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom , Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
The study was designed by TWM, KM, and TNW. The studies were coordinated by TWM, RWS, and TNW. Sample collection and analysis was coordinated by SW and MK with help from SMU, AWM, and JKM. The data were analyzed by TNW with help from SW. SW, DJW, and TNW wrote the first draft, and the manuscript was finalized with input from all authors.