About the Authors

Steve M. Taylor

stevemyertaylor@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jane P. Messina

Affiliations Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Carla C. Hand

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jonathan J. Juliano

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jeremie Muwonga

Affiliation Laboratoire National de Reference SIDA et IST (LNRS), Kinshasa, Republique Démocratique du Congo

Antoinette K. Tshefu

Affiliation Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Medecine, Université de Kinshasa, Republique Démocratique du Congo

Benjamin Atua

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme (PNLP), Kinshasa, Republique Démocratique du Congo

Michael Emch

Affiliations Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Steven R. Meshnick

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST JPM JM BA ME SM. Performed the experiments: ST CH JJ JPM JM AT BA. Analyzed the data: ST JPM SM ME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST JPM JM CH JJ AT BA. Wrote the paper: ST SM ME.