About the Authors

Mohammed Ahmed Yassin

Affiliations Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hawassa, Awassa, Ethiopia

Roberta Petrucci

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Kefyalew Taye Garie

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Hawassa, Awassa, Ethiopia

Gregory Harper

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Isabel Arbide

Affiliation Bushullo Major Health Centre, Awassa, Ethiopia

Melkamsew Aschalew

Affiliation Southern Region Health Bureau, Awassa, Ethiopia

Yared Merid

Affiliation Southern Region Health Bureau, Awassa, Ethiopia

Zelalem Kebede

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Hawassa, Awassa, Ethiopia

Amin Ahmed Bawazir

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Nabil Mohamed Abuamer

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Luis Eduardo Cuevas

lcuevas@liv.ac.uk

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: YM LC. Performed the experiments: YM GH AB NA. Analyzed the data: RP YM LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM. Wrote the paper: YM LC RP. Coordinated field work and data processing: IA KG MA ZK.