About the Authors

Thomas C. Lindsay

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

Musa Jawara

Affiliation Disease Control and Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Umberto D’Alessandro

Affiliations Disease Control and Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia, Unit of Malariology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Margaret Pinder

Affiliations Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Disease Control and Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Steven W. Lindsay

S.W.Lindsay@durham.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL SL MP. Performed the experiments: TL SL. Analyzed the data: SL TL. Wrote the paper: TL SL MJ UD MP. Management of field activities: TL SL MJ UD MP.