About the Authors

Franca C. Hartgers

F.C.Hartgers@lumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Benedicta B. Obeng

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Yvonne C. M. Kruize

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Marjolijn Duijvestein

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Anna de Breij

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Abena Amoah

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Irene A. Larbi

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Ronald van Ree

Affiliation Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Michael D. Wilson

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Laura C. Rodrigues

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Daniel A. Boakye

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Maria Yazdanbakhsh

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FH MW LR DB MY. Performed the experiments: FH BO YK MD AdB AA IL RvR. Analyzed the data: FH BO MD RvR LR MY. Wrote the paper: FH LR MY.