About the Authors

Cinthia A. Acka

Affiliations Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) Sciences Sociales, Université de Cocody-Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Giovanna Raso

Affiliations Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Eliézer K. N'Goran

Affiliations Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) Biosciences, Université de Cocody-Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Andres B. Tschannen

Affiliation Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Isaac I. Bogoch

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Essane Séraphin

Affiliation Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) Sciences Sociales, Université de Cocody-Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Marcel Tanner

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Brigit Obrist

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Jürg Utzinger

juerg.utzinger@unibas.ch

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAA GR EKN ABT BO JU. Performed the experiments: CAA. Analyzed the data: CAA GR ABT IIB JU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAA GR EKN ES MT BO JU. Wrote the paper: CAA GR IIB JU.