About the Authors

Sören L. Becker

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Center for Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Benjamin Sieto

Affiliation Dispensaire Rural de Léléblé, Léléblé, Côte d'Ivoire

Kigbafori D. Silué

Affiliations Laboratoire de Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) Biosciences, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Lucas Adjossan

Affiliation Hôpital General de Taabo-Cité, Taabo-Cité, Côte d'Ivoire

Siaka Koné

Affiliation Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Christoph Hatz

Affiliations University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Medical Services and Diagnostic, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Winfried V. Kern

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Eliézer K. N'Goran

Affiliations Laboratoire de Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) Biosciences, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Jürg Utzinger

juerg.utzinger@unibas.ch

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLB CH EKN JU. Performed the experiments: SLB BS KDS LA EKN JU. Analyzed the data: SLB CH WVK EKN JU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS KDS LA SK. Wrote the paper: SLB CH JU.