About the Authors

Lemu Golassa

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

lgolassa@gmail.com

Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Alebachew Messele

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Alfred Amambua-Ngwa

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia

Gote Swedberg

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

This work was supported in part by the Wellcome Trust. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on data or materials sharing.