About the Authors

Ahmed M. Musa

amusa@iend.org

Affiliation Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Brima Younis

Affiliation Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Ahmed Fadlalla

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Gedaref University, Gedaref, Sudan

Catherine Royce

Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland

Manica Balasegaram

Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland

Monique Wasunna

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya

Asrat Hailu

Affiliation Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tansy Edwards

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Raymond Omollo

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya

Mahmoud Mudawi

Affiliation Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Gilbert Kokwaro

Affiliations Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, Consortium for National Health Research (CNHR), Nairobi, Kenya

Ahmed El-Hassan

Affiliation Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Eltahir Khalil

Affiliation Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Competing Interests

CR was working for DNDi at the time of the study. MB is currently working at DNDi.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMM CR MB MW AH GK AEH EK. Performed the experiments: AMM BY AF MM GK EK. Analyzed the data: AMM CR MB TE RO GK EK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CR. Wrote the paper: AMM CR MB MW AH TE RO GK AEH EK.