About the Authors

Janet Njelesani

jenjeles@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Capacity Research Unit, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Russell Dacombe

Affiliation Capacity Research Unit, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Tanith Palmer

Affiliation Capacity Research Unit, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Helen Smith

Affiliation Capacity Research Unit, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Benjamin Koudou

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Moses Bockarie

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Imelda Bates

Affiliation Capacity Research Unit, Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN RD HS IB. Performed the experiments: JN RD HS IB. Analyzed the data: JN RD HS IB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN RD HS IB. Wrote the paper: JN RD HS IB TP BK MB.