About the Authors

Selia Ng’anjo Phiri

Selia.Nganjo@student.uib.no

Affiliations Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Knut Fylkesnes

Affiliations Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Karen Marie Moland

Affiliation Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Jens Byskov

Affiliation Research Unit for Human Parasitology and the Environment, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Dyrlaegevej 100, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark

Torvid Kiserud

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SNP KF JB TK. Performed the experiments: SNP. Analyzed the data: SNP KF KMM TK. Wrote the paper: SNP KF KMM JB TK.