About the Authors

Maria P. Rebollo

Current address: Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Sana Malang Sambou

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Banjul, The Gambia

Brent Thomas

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum

Affiliation Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Momodou C. Jaye

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Banjul, The Gambia

Louise Kelly-Hope

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Alba Gonzalez Escalada

Affiliation Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain

David H. Molyneux

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Moses J. Bockarie

moses.bockarie@lstmed.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Parasitology, 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: MJB MPR DHM. Performed the experiments: MPR NKB SMS MCJ. Analyzed the data: MJB MPR LKH AGE DHM BT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJB MPR LKH DHM SMS MCY. Wrote the paper: MPR SMS BT NKB MCJ LKH AGE DHM MJB.