About the Authors

Richard O. Mwaiswelo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

richiemwai@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Bruno P. Mmbando

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tanga Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

Frank Chacky

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania

Fabrizio Molteni

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania

Ally Mohamed

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania

Samwel Lazaro

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania

Sylvia F. Mkalla

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Directorate of Research, Coordination, and Promotion, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Bushukatale Samuel

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Billy Ngasala

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.