About the Authors

Joseph Okebe

jokebe@mrc.gm

Affiliation Disease Control & Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Muna Affara

Affiliation Disease Control & Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Simon Correa

Affiliation Disease Control & Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Abdul Khalie Muhammad

Affiliation Disease Control & Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Davis Nwakanma

Affiliation Disease Control & Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Chris Drakeley

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infection, London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Umberto D’Alessandro

Affiliations Disease Control & Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of infectious and Tropical Diseases, London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Public health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UDA JO. Performed the experiments: MA SC DN JO. Analyzed the data: JO AKM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD. Wrote the paper: JO UDA CD.