About the Authors

Achille Kabore

Affiliation RTI International, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Programme, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Philip W. Downs

pdowns@rti.org

Affiliation RTI International, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes

Affiliation University of Queensland, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, School of Population Health, Brisbane, Australia

Yaobi Zhang

Affiliation Helen Keller International, Regional Office for Africa, Dakar, Senegal

Eric A. Ottesen

Affiliation RTI International, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors state they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NKB AK PWD EAO. Performed the experiments: NKB AK PWD. Analyzed the data: NKB AK PWD EAO RJSM YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NKB AK PWD RJSM. Wrote the paper: NKB AK PWD EAO RJSM YZ.