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1 Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Clinic, Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany. [email protected].
2 Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Clinic, Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany.
3 Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, 20359, Hamburg, Germany.
4 Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics, and Epidemiology, University Clinic, Bonn, 53105, Bonn, Germany.
5 Kumasi Centre of Collaborative Research, Kumasi, Ghana.
6 School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
7 DIPAV, Sezione di Patologia Generale e Parassitologia, University of Milan, 20133, Milan, Italy.
8 Filariasis Research Group, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.