About the Authors

Elis P. A. Batista

Contributed equally to this work with: Elis P. A. Batista, Salum A. Mapua

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

ebatista@ihi.or.tz

Affiliations Laboratory of Innovation Technologies in Vector Control, Department of Parasitology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania

Salum A. Mapua

Contributed equally to this work with: Elis P. A. Batista, Salum A. Mapua

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania, School of Life Sciences, University of Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom

Halfan Ngowo

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Nancy S. Matowo

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliations Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Elizangela F. Melo

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Laboratory of Innovation Technologies in Vector Control, Department of Parasitology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Kelly S. Paixão

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Innovation Technologies in Vector Control, Department of Parasitology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Alvaro E. Eiras

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Innovation Technologies in Vector Control, Department of Parasitology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Fredros O. Okumu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Republic of South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.