About the Authors

Laura Moro

Affiliations ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic—Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Placenta-Labor, Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

Azucena Bardají

Affiliations ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic—Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Manhiça, Mozambique

Eusebio Macete

Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Manhiça, Mozambique

Diana Barrios

Affiliation ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic—Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Diana M. Morales-Prieto

Affiliation Placenta-Labor, Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

Carolina España

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Inacio Mandomando

Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Manhiça, Mozambique

Betuel Sigaúque

Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Manhiça, Mozambique

Carlota Dobaño

Affiliations ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic—Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Manhiça, Mozambique

Udo R. Markert

Affiliation Placenta-Labor, Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

Daniel Benitez-Ribas

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Pedro L. Alonso

Affiliations ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic—Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Manhiça, Mozambique

Clara Menéndez

Affiliations ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic—Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Manhiça, Mozambique

Alfredo Mayor

alfredo.mayor@isglobal.org

Affiliations ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic—Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Manhiça, Mozambique

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM AB EM DMP IM BS CD URM DBR PLA CM AM. Performed the experiments: LM DB DMP CE. Analyzed the data: LM AB EM DB DMP CE IM BS CD URM DBR PLA CM AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB EM IM BS CD URM DBR PLA CM AM. Wrote the paper: LM AB EM DB DMP CE IM BS CD URM DBR PLA CM AM.