About the Authors

Taiwo Samson Awolola

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

awololas@hotmail.com

Affiliation Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 6 Edmund Crescent, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Adedapo Adeogun

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 6 Edmund Crescent, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Abiodun K. Olakiigbe

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 6 Edmund Crescent, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Tolulope Oyeniyi

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 6 Edmund Crescent, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Yetunde Adeola Olukosi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, 6 Edmund Crescent, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Hilary Okoh

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University Oye, Oye, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Tolulope Arowolo

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation World Health Organization, Lagos, Nigeria

Joel Akila

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Malaria Elimination Program, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria

Adedayo Oduola

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Chioma N. Amajoh

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Community Vision Initiative, Abuja, Nigeria

Competing Interests

This research was partly funded by Vestergaard Frandsen (EA) Ltd through research grant No. IRB/11/168. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.