About the Authors
- Koen Peeters Grietens
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Contributed equally to this work with: Koen Peeters Grietens, Xa Nguyen Xuan
* E-mail: kpeeters@itg.be
Affiliations Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, PASS International, Tessenderlo, Belgium
- Xa Nguyen Xuan
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Contributed equally to this work with: Koen Peeters Grietens, Xa Nguyen Xuan
Affiliation National Institute for Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Joan Muela Ribera
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Affiliation PASS International, Tessenderlo, Belgium
- Thang Ngo Duc
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Affiliation National Institute for Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Wim van Bortel
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Nhat Truong Ba
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Affiliation Provincial Malaria Station, Phan Rang, Vietnam
- Ky Pham Van
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Affiliation Provincial Malaria Station, Phan Rang, Vietnam
- Hung Le Xuan
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Affiliation National Institute for Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Umberto D'Alessandro
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Affiliations Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Medical Research Council Unit, Basse, The Gambia
- Annette Erhart
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KPG XNX JMR AE UDA. Performed the experiments: KPG XNX. Analyzed the data: KPG XNX AE TND. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AE UDA. Wrote the paper: KPG XNX. Design of the focused ethnography: KPG XNX JMR. Carried out the field work: KPG XNX NTB. Contributed to the study design, study coordination and supervision, field work, statistical analysis and revision of the manuscript: AE. Contributed to the study design, study coordination and supervision, survey data entry, cleaning and analysis: KPG XNX NTB. Responsible for the coordination and supervision of all field activities and field staff: KPV. Contributed to the study design, study coordination and supervision, and reviewed the manuscript: HLX. Offered unpublished BMN data proceeding from outdoor mosquito collection in the study area: WVB. Contributed to the study design, study coordination and supervision, survey data analysis and revision of the manuscript: UDA.