About the Authors

Florian Kurth

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Department of Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Sabine Bélard

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Département de Parasitologie, Mycologie, Médecine Tropicale, Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon

Katharina Schuster

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Ayola A. Adegnika

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Marielle K. Bouyou-Akotet

Affiliation Département de Parasitologie, Mycologie, Médecine Tropicale, Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon

Peter G. Kremsner

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Michael Ramharter

michael.ramharter@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAA PGK MR. Performed the experiments: FK SB GMN KS MKBA. Analyzed the data: FK GMN AAA MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FK GMN KS MKBA. Wrote the paper: FK SB AAA PGK MR.