About the Authors

Abdirahman I. Abdi

aabdi@kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliations KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

Michelle Muthui

Affiliation KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Esther Kiragu

Affiliation KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Peter C. Bull

Affiliations KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA PB. Performed the experiments: MM EK. Analyzed the data: AA PB. Wrote the paper: AA PB.