About the Authors

Suzanne D. van der Werff

suzanne.vander.werff@vu.nl

Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Katja Polman

Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Maiza Campos Ponce

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jos W. R. Twisk

Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute of Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Raquel Junco Díaz

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Havana, Cuba

Mariano Bonet Gorbea

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Havana, Cuba

Patrick Van der Stuyft

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KP MBG PS SDW. Performed the experiments: SDW RJD. Analyzed the data: SDW JWRT. Wrote the paper: SDW MCP MBG PS. Interpreted the data: SDW JWRT MCP PS KP Drafted the manuscript: SDW contributed to the critical revision of the manuscript: SDW KP MCP JWRT RJD MBG PS Approved the final version of the published manuscript:SDW KP MCP JWRT RJD MBG PS.