About the Authors

Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa

iadetifa@mrc.gm (IMOA); radegbola@hotmail.com (RAA)

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia

Martin Antonio

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia

Christy A. N. Okoromah

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

Chinelo Ebruke

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia

Victor Inem

Affiliation Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

David Nsekpong

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia

Abdoulie Bojang

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia

Richard A. Adegbola

iadetifa@mrc.gm (IMOA); radegbola@hotmail.com (RAA)

Current address: Infectious Diseases Development, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IMOA MA CANO VI RAA. Performed the experiments: MA CE DN AB RAA. Analyzed the data: IMOA MA CE RAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA CANO CE VI DN AB RAA. Wrote the paper: IMOA MA CANO RAA.