About the Authors

Gideon Zulu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gideonzulu@yahoo.com (GZ); igkphiri@unza.zm (IKP)

Affiliations Ministry of Health, Government of the Republic of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Chummy S. Sikasunge

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Para-clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Tamara M. Welte

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Epilepsy Centre, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Centre for Global Health, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Martin C. Simuunza

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Dominik Stelzle

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Centre for Global Health, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Veronika Schmidt

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Centre for Global Health, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Alex Hachangu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Wilbroad Mutale

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Maxwell Masuku

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Mwelwa Chembensofu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Para-clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Clarissa Prazeres da Costa

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Global Health, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich site, Munich, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Kabemba E. Mwape

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Andrea S. Winkler

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea S. Winkler, Isaac K. Phiri

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Centre for Global Health, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Isaac K. Phiri

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea S. Winkler, Isaac K. Phiri

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

gideonzulu@yahoo.com (GZ); igkphiri@unza.zm (IKP)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.