About the Authors

Martin W. Bratschi

martin.bratschi@unibas.ch

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

Marie-Thérèse Ruf

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

Arianna Andreoli

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

Jacques C. Minyem

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, FAIRMED Africa Regional Office, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Sarah Kerber

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

Fidèle G. Wantong

Affiliation Bankim District Hospital, Bankim, Cameroon

James Pritchard

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

Victoria Chakwera

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

Christian Beuret

Affiliation Labor Spiez, Spiez, Switzerland

Matthias Wittwer

Affiliation Labor Spiez, Spiez, Switzerland

Djeunga Noumen

Affiliation Bankim District Hospital, Bankim, Cameroon

Nadia Schürch

Affiliation Labor Spiez, Spiez, Switzerland

Alphonse Um Book

Affiliation FAIRMED Africa Regional Office, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Gerd Pluschke

Affiliations 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: MWB MR DN AUB GP. Performed the experiments: MWB MR AA JCM SK FGW JP VC. Analyzed the data: MWB MR AA JCM SK CB MW NS AUB GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB MW NS. Wrote the paper: MWB MR AA GP.