About the Authors

Nasher Al-Aghbari

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Institute, Sana'a, Yemen

Najla Al-Sonboli

Affiliation Medical Faculty, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen

Mohammed A. Yassin

mayassin@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

John B. S. Coulter

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Zayed Atef

Affiliation Medical Faculty, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen

Ali Al-Eryani

Affiliation Medical Faculty, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen

Luis E. Cuevas

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAA JBC LEC. Performed the experiments: NAA NAS MAY ZA AAE LEC. Analyzed the data: NAA NAS MAY LEC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAA NAS MAY JBC ZA AAE LEC. Wrote the paper: NAA NAS MAY JBC ZA AAE LEC.