About the Authors

Yahya A. Derua

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

yaderua@gmail.com

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

Bernard M. Batengana

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Filbert Francis

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Celine I. Mandara

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Rashid A. Madebe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Misago D. Seth

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

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Daniel P. Challe

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

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

Deus S. Ishengoma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.