About the Authors

Leigh R. Bowman

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Silvia Runge-Ranzinger

Affiliation The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO/TDR), Geneva, Switzerland

P. J. McCall

mccall@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LRB PJM. Analyzed the data: LRB. Wrote the paper: PJM LRB SRR. Contributed to the review protocol: LRB SRR PJM. Carried out literature searches: LRB. Reviewed the literature: LRB PJM. Wrote the conclusions and article drafts: PJM LRB. Drafted the manuscript: PJM LRB. Reviewed and approved the final manuscript: LRB SRR PJM.