About the Authors

Fredrick Ibinda

fibinda@.kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliation KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya

Evasius Bauni

Affiliation KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya

Symon M. Kariuki

Affiliation KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya

Greg Fegan

Affiliations KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Joy Lewa

Affiliation KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya

Monica Mwikamba

Affiliation KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya

Mwanamvua Boga

Affiliation KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya

Rachael Odhiambo

Affiliation KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya

Kiponda Mwagandi

Affiliation KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya

Anna C. Seale

Affiliations KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

James A. Berkley

Affiliations KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jeffrey R. Dorfman

Affiliations International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cape Town, South Africa, Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Charles R. J. C. Newton

Affiliations KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRJCN. Performed the experiments: JL MM MB JRD EB. Analyzed the data: FI SMK GF RO KM JRD ACS JAB CRJCN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRD CRJCN. Wrote the paper: FI EB SMK GF JL MM MB RO KM JRD ACS JAB CRJCN.