About the Authors

Cristian Koepfli

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Kathryn L. Colborn

Affiliations Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Biostatistics, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Benson Kiniboro

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highland Province, Papua New Guinea

Enmoore Lin

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highland Province, Papua New Guinea

Terence P. Speed

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Peter M. Siba

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highland Province, Papua New Guinea

Ingrid Felger

ingrid.felger@unibas.ch (IF); ivomueller@fastmail.fm (IM)

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

Ivo Mueller

ingrid.felger@unibas.ch (IF); ivomueller@fastmail.fm (IM)

Affiliations Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highland Province, Papua New Guinea, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IM IF. Performed the experiments: CK BK EL. Analyzed the data: CK KLC TPS IM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMS. Wrote the paper: CK IM IF KLC TPS.