About the Authors

Bright Adu

Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, Centre for Medical Parasitology at Department of International Health, Immunology, and Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Daniel Dodoo

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Selorme Adukpo

Current address: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Paula L. Hedley

Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa

Fareed K. N. Arthur

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Thomas A. Gerds

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Severin O. Larsen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Michael Christiansen

mic@ssi.dk (MC); mth@ssi.dk (MT)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Michael Theisen

mic@ssi.dk (MC); mth@ssi.dk (MT)

Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, Centre for Medical Parasitology at Department of International Health, Immunology, and Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BA DD MT. Performed the experiments: BA SA. Analyzed the data: BA TAG SOL MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DD PLH FKNA TAG MC. Wrote the paper: BA MT.