About the Authors

Peter M. Mugo

PMugo@kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

Elizabeth W. Wahome

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

Evanson N. Gichuru

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

Grace M. Mwashigadi

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

Alexander N. Thiong’o

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

Henrieke A. B. Prins

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

Tobias F. Rinke de Wit

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Susan M. Graham

Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya, Departments of Medicine, Global Health, and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Eduard J. Sanders

Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMM ES SG. Performed the experiments: PMM EW EG GM AT HP. Analyzed the data: PMM EW ES SG. Wrote the paper: PMM EW EG GM AT HP TRW SG ES. Approved the final manuscript: PMM EW EG GM AT HP TRW SG ES.