About the Authors

Saskia Decuypere

saskia.decuypere@telethonkids.org.au

Affiliation Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Jessica Maltha

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Stijn Deborggraeve

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Nicholas J. W. Rattray

Affiliation School of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Guiraud Issa

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit Nanoro—IRSS-CRUN, Nanoro, Burkina Faso

Kaboré Bérenger

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit Nanoro—IRSS-CRUN, Nanoro, Burkina Faso

Palpouguini Lompo

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit Nanoro—IRSS-CRUN, Nanoro, Burkina Faso

Marc C. Tahita

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit Nanoro—IRSS-CRUN, Nanoro, Burkina Faso

Thusitha Ruspasinghe

Affiliation Metabolomics Australia and Bio21 Institute of Molecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Malcolm McConville

Affiliation Metabolomics Australia and Bio21 Institute of Molecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Royston Goodacre

Affiliation School of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Halidou Tinto

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit Nanoro—IRSS-CRUN, Nanoro, Burkina Faso

Jan Jacobs

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Jonathan R. Carapetis

Affiliation Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDec JM SDeb JJ HT JRC. Performed the experiments: SDec SDeb NJWR RG TR MM. Analyzed the data: SDec JM SDeb NJWR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDeb NJWR MM RG HT JJ. Wrote the paper: SDec RG JJ JRC. Coordinated patient enrollment and diagnosis: JM GI KB MCT PL.