About the Authors

Jean T. Coulibaly

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) Biosciences, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Stefanie Knopp

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

Nicaise A. N'Guessan

Affiliation Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) Biosciences, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Kigbafori D. Silué

Affiliations Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) Biosciences, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Thomas Fürst

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

Laurent K. Lohourignon

Affiliation Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) Biosciences, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Jean K. Brou

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Yve K. N'Gbesso

Affiliation Centre de Santé Rural d'Azaguié, Departement d'Agboville, Azaguié, Côte d'Ivoire

Penelope Vounatsou

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

Eliézer K. N'Goran

Affiliations Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR) Biosciences, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 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: JTC SK EKN JU. Performed the experiments: JTC SK NAN KDS LKL JKB YKN EKN. Analyzed the data: JTC SK TF PV JU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JU EKN YKN PV. Wrote the paper: JTC SK TF PV EKN JU.