About the Authors

Christentze Schmiegelow

christentzes@yahoo.dk

Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, Institute of International Health, Immunology, and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Thomas Scheike

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mayke Oesterholt

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Daniel Minja

Affiliations Centre for Medical Parasitology, Institute of International Health, Immunology, and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Tanga Medical Research Center, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

Caroline Pehrson

Affiliations Centre for Medical Parasitology, Institute of International Health, Immunology, and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Clinical Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Pamela Magistrado

Affiliations Centre for Medical Parasitology, Institute of International Health, Immunology, and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Tanga Medical Research Center, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

Martha Lemnge

Affiliation Tanga Medical Research Center, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

Vibeke Rasch

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

John Lusingu

Affiliations Centre for Medical Parasitology, Institute of International Health, Immunology, and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Tanga Medical Research Center, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

Thor G. Theander

Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, Institute of International Health, Immunology, and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Birgitte Bruun Nielsen

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS ML VR JL TGT BBN. Performed the experiments: CS MO DM CP PM JL. Analyzed the data: CS TS TGT VR BBN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS TS MO DM CP PM ML JL TGT. Wrote the paper: CS TS MO DM CP PM ML VR JL TGT BBN.