About the Authors

José C. Sousa-Figueiredo

Affiliations Disease Control Strategy Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Martha Betson

Affiliation Disease Control Strategy Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Aaron Atuhaire

Affiliation Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Moses Arinaitwe

Affiliation Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Annalan M. D. Navaratnam

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Narcis B. Kabatereine

Affiliation Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Quentin Bickle

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

J. Russell Stothard

r.stothard@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliation Disease Control Strategy Group, 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: JCSF QB NBK JRS. Contributed to the recruitment, clinical care, and follow-up of patients: JCSF MB AA MA JRS. Coordinated diagnostic procedures in the field: MA JCSF. Analysed and managed the data: JCSF. Responsible for literature research: AMDN. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: JCSF AMDN JRS. Participated in revising the final article: JCSF MB AA MA AMDN NBK QB JRS.