About the Authors

Boubacar Coulibaly

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna, Nouna, Burkina Faso

Augustin Zoungrana

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna, Nouna, Burkina Faso

Frank P. Mockenhaupt

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

R. Heiner Schirmer

Affiliation Biochemistry Centre, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany

Christina Klose

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometrics and Informatics, Medical School, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany

Ulrich Mansmann

Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, Medical School, Ludwig Maximilians University München, Germany

Peter E. Meissner

Affiliation Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, Medical School, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany

Olaf Müller

olaf.mueller@urz.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, Medical School, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FPM RHS UM PM OM. Performed the experiments: BC AZ. Analyzed the data: BC AZ FPM CK UM OM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BC. Wrote the paper: BC AZ FPM RHS CK UM PM OM.