About the Authors

Adebayo K. Akinsola

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia Unit, Banjul, The Gambia

Martin O. C. Ota

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia Unit, Banjul, The Gambia

Godwin C. Enwere

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia Unit, Banjul, The Gambia

Brown J. Okoko

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia Unit, Banjul, The Gambia

Syed M. A. Zaman

Current address: Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia Unit, Banjul, The Gambia

Mark Saaka

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia Unit, Banjul, The Gambia

Ekpedeme D. Nsekpong

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia Unit, Banjul, The Gambia

Aderonke A. Odutola

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia Unit, Banjul, The Gambia

Brian M. Greenwood

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Felicity T. Cutts

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Richard A. Adegbola

radegbola@hotmail.com

Current address: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia Unit, Banjul, The Gambia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GE BO SZ BG FC RA. Performed the experiments: AA MO GE MS EN. Analyzed the data: AA MO SZ AO BG FC RA. Wrote the paper: AA MO GE SZ MS EN AO BG FC RA.