About the Authors

Georgies F. Mgode

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gmgode@sua.ac.tz

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Maulid M. Japhary

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Chato District Hospital, Geita, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Tumaini University, Moshi, Tanzania

Ginethon G. Mhamphi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Ireen Kiwelu

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Tumaini University, Moshi, Tanzania

Ivan Athaide

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kagera Sugar Company Ltd, Kagera Tanzania

Robert S. Machang’u

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Competing Interests

Co-author (IA) is a chief medical officer at Kagera Sugar Company Ltd, that is one of the study location. However, this did not influence site selection. Employment to this company have no competing interest and did not influence the study design nor reporting of study findings.