About the Authors

Johnson Matowo

Contributed equally to this work with: Johnson Matowo, David Weetman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

johntowo@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

David Weetman

Contributed equally to this work with: Johnson Matowo, David Weetman

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Patricia Pignatelli

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Alexandra Wright

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jacques D. Charlwood

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Robert Kaaya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

Boniface Shirima

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

Oliva Moshi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

Eliud Lukole

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Medical Research Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

Jacklin Mosha

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Medical Research Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

Alphaxard Manjurano

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Medical Research Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

Franklin Mosha

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

Mark Rowland

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Natacha Protopopoff

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

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.