About the Authors

Susana Scott

sscott@mrc.gm

Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Aderonke Odutola

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Grant Mackenzie

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Tony Fulford

Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Muhammed O. Afolabi

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Yamundow Lowe Jallow

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Government of The Gambia, The Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia

Momodou Jasseh

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

David Jeffries

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Bai Lamin Dondeh

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Stephen R. C. Howie

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Umberto D'Alessandro

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS AO UDA. Performed the experiments: AO GM TF MA MJ BLD SH. Analyzed the data: SS DJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ GM. Wrote the paper: SS AO SH UDA. Reviewed draft of paper and made contributions to the writing of the paper: GM TF YLJ MJ MA DJ.