About the Authors

Marc C. Tahita

marctahita@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Direction Régionale de l’Ouest (IRSS/DRO), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (IRSS-CRUN), Nanoro, Burkina Faso, Unité de Recherche sur le Paludisme et Maladies Tropicales Négligées, Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Malariology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium, International Health Unit, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Halidou Tinto

Affiliations Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Direction Régionale de l’Ouest (IRSS/DRO), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (IRSS-CRUN), Nanoro, Burkina Faso, Unité de Recherche sur le Paludisme et Maladies Tropicales Négligées, Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Annette Erhart

Affiliation Malariology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium

Adama Kazienga

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (IRSS-CRUN), Nanoro, Burkina Faso

Robert Fitzhenry

Affiliation Malariology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium

Chantal VanOvermeir

Affiliation Malariology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium

Anna Rosanas-Urgell

Affiliation Malariology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium

Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo

Affiliations Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Direction Régionale de l’Ouest (IRSS/DRO), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (IRSS-CRUN), Nanoro, Burkina Faso

Robert T. Guiguemde

Affiliations Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (IRSS-CRUN), Nanoro, Burkina Faso, Unité de Recherche sur le Paludisme et Maladies Tropicales Négligées, Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé (INSSA), Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden

Affiliation International Health Unit, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Umberto D’Alessandro

Affiliations Malariology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Medical Research Council Unit, Banjul, The Gambia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UDA MCT JPVg. Performed the experiments: MCT RF CVO ARU. Analyzed the data: AK AE JBO RTG HT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UDA. Wrote the paper: MCT AE JPVg UDA.