About the Authors

Jennifer Keiser

jennifer.keiser@unibas.ch

Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Kigbafori D. Silué

Affiliations Unité de Formation et de Recherche Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Lukas K. Adiossan

Affiliation Hôpital Général de Taabo, Taabo Cité, Côte d'Ivoire

Nicaise A. N'Guessan

Affiliation Unité de Formation et de Recherche Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

N'Chou Monsan

Affiliation Institut National de la Santé Publique, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Jürg Utzinger

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

Eliézer K. N'Goran

Affiliations Unité de Formation et de Recherche Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK JU EKN. Performed the experiments: JK KDS LKA NAN NM EKN. Analyzed the data: JK. Wrote the paper: JK KDS JU EKN.