About the Authors

Faisal Ibrahim

faisali40@hotmail.com

Affiliation United States Naval Medical Research Unit -3 Ghana Detachment, Accra, Ghana

David Dosoo

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Center, Kintampo, Ghana

Karl C. Kronmann

Affiliation United States Naval Medical Research Unit -3 Ghana Detachment, Accra, Ghana

Issa Ouedraogo

Affiliation Center National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Thomas Anyorigiya

Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Center, Navrongo, Ghana

Haruna Abdul

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana

Sirima Sodiomon

Affiliation Center National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Seth Owusu-Agyei

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Center, Kintampo, Ghana

Kwadwo Koram

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FI DD KCK IO TA HA SS SOA KK. Performed the experiments: FI DD IO TA HA. Analyzed the data: KCK SS SOA KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FI DD KCK IO TA HA SS SOA KK. Wrote the paper: FI DD. Obtained and submitted data: FI DD IO TA HA. Reviewed data, manuscript, and provided guidance: KCK SS SOA KK.