About the Authors

Bruno P. Mmbando

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

b.mmbando@yahoo.com

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

Richard O. Mwaiswelo

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

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

Frank Chacky

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania

Fabrizio Molteni

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania

Ally Mohamed

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania

Samwel Lazaro

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania

Billy Ngasala

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.