About the Authors

Christine Manyando

cmanyando@yahoo.com

Affiliations Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola, Zambia, International Health Unit, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Eric M. Njunju

Affiliations Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola, Zambia, International Health Unit, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

David Mwakazanga

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola, Zambia

Gershom Chongwe

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola, Zambia

Rhoda Mkandawire

Affiliation Choma District Health Management Team, Choma, Zambia

Davies Champo

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola, Zambia

Modest Mulenga

Affiliation Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola, Zambia

Maaike De Crop

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Yves Claeys

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Raffaella M. Ravinetto

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Chantal van Overmeir

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Umberto D’ Alessandro

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Medical Research Council, Fajara, The Gambia

Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden

Affiliation International Health Unit, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM JPVG EMN UDA. Performed the experiments: CM EMN GC JPVG UDA DM DC RM MDC YC CVO RMR. Analyzed the data: CM DM JPVG UDA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM CVO YC DC MM JPVG UDA. Wrote the paper: CM JPVG UDA. Critical review of manuscript: CM EMN GC RM MDC YC RMR JPVG UDA.