About the Authors

Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

niklaus.labhardt@gmail.com (NDL); tbotouch@yahoo.com (TL)

Affiliation SolidarMed Lesotho, Seboche Hospital, Botha-Bothe, Lesotho

Thabo Lejone

niklaus.labhardt@gmail.com (NDL); tbotouch@yahoo.com (TL)

Affiliation Seboche Hospital, Botha-Bothe, Lesotho

Matse'liso Setoko

Affiliation Seboche Hospital, Botha-Bothe, Lesotho

Matalenyane Poka

Affiliation Lesotho Central Laboratory, Maseru, Lesotho

Jochen Ehmer

Affiliation SolidarMed Switzerland, Lucerne, Switzerland

Karolin Pfeiffer

Affiliation SolidarMed Switzerland, Lucerne, Switzerland

Patrice Zinga Kiuvu

Affiliation Seboche Hospital, Botha-Bothe, Lesotho

Lutgarde Lynen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NDL TIL MS MP PZK JE KP. Performed the experiments: NDL TIL MS MP PZK. Analyzed the data: NDL LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NDL MS TIL MP PZK. Wrote the paper: NDL LL JE KP.