1 Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
2 Laboratory of Molecular Immunopathology, Department of Clinical Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
3 Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon.
4 German Center for Infection Research, partner site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
5 Department of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine and I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
6 Centre de Recherches Médicales de la Ngounié, Fougamou, Gabon.