About the Authors

Alexander M. Aiken

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Anthony K. Wanyoro

Affiliations Thika Level 5 Hospital, Thika, Kenya, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Jonah Mwangi

Affiliation Thika Level 5 Hospital, Thika, Kenya

Francis Juma

Affiliation Thika Level 5 Hospital, Thika, Kenya

Isaac K. Mugoya

Affiliation Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya

J. Anthony G Scott

alexander.aiken@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA IKM JAGS. Performed the experiments: AA AW JM FJ. Analyzed the data: AA JAGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA AW JM FJ IKM JAGS. Wrote the paper: AA JAGS.