About the Authors

Ermias Diro

Ermi_diro@yahoo.com

Affiliations University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Koert Ritmeijer

Affiliation Médecins sans Frontières, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Marleen Boelaert

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Fabiana Alves

Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

Rezika Mohammed

Affiliation University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Charles Abongomera

Affiliation Médecins sans Frontières, Abdurafi, Ethiopia

Raffaella Ravinetto

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Maaike De Crop

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Helina Fikre

Affiliation University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Cherinet Adera

Affiliation Médecins sans Frontières, Abdurafi, Ethiopia

Robert Colebunders

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Harry van Loen

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Joris Menten

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Lutgarde Lynen

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Asrat Hailu

Affiliation School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Johan van Griensven

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ED KR MB RR MDC RC HvL JM LL AH JvG. Performed the experiments: ED KR MB FA RM CAb RR MDC HF CAd RC HvL LL AH JvG. Analyzed the data: ED MB HvL JM JvG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ED KR MB FA AH JvG. Wrote the paper: ED KR MB FA RM CAb RR MDC HF CAd RC HvL LL AH JvG.