About the Authors

Mette Lundsby Jensen

Affiliation Projecto de Saúde de Bandim, Statens Serum Institut, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Sangeeta Dave

Affiliation The Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia

Maarten Schim van der Loeff

Affiliation The Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia

Carlos da Costa

Affiliation Projecto de Saúde de Bandim, Statens Serum Institut, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Tim Vincent

Affiliation The Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia

Aleksandra Leligdowicz

Affiliation The Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia

Christine Stabell Benn

Affiliation Projecto de Saúde de Bandim, Statens Serum Institut, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Adam Roth

Affiliation Projecto de Saúde de Bandim, Statens Serum Institut, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Henrik Ravn

Affiliation Projecto de Saúde de Bandim, Statens Serum Institut, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Ida Maria Lisse

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hilton Whittle

Affiliation The Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia

Peter Aaby

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: p.aaby@bandim.org

Affiliation Projecto de Saúde de Bandim, Statens Serum Institut, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HW PA SD Mv TV IL. Performed the experiments: HW MJ SD Mv Cd AL IL. Analyzed the data: HW PA MJ Mv CB AR HR. Wrote the paper: HW PA MJ SD Mv Cd TV AL CB AR IL HR.