Sikalengo, George
Hella, Jerry
Mhimbira, Francis
Rutaihwa, Liliana K.
Bani, Farida
Ndege, Robert
Sasamalo, Mohamed
Kamwela, Lujeko
Said, Khadija
Mhalu, Grace
Mlacha, Yeromin
Hatz, Christoph
Knopp, Stefanie
Gagneux, Sébastien
Reither, Klaus
Utzinger, Jürg
Tanner, Marcel
Letang, Emilio
Weisser, Maja
Fenner, Lukas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Rudolf Geigy Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
Article History
Received: 1 September 2017
Accepted: 12 March 2018
First Online: 24 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the institutional review board of the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI; reference no. IHI/IRB/04–2015), the Medical Research Coordinating Committee of the National Institute of Medical Research in Tanzania (NIMR; reference no. NIMR/HQ/R.8c/Vol. I/357), and the Ethics Committee of the Northwestern and Central Switzerland (EKNZ; reference no. UBE-15/42). All patients gave written informed consent before enrolment into the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.