Tarig B. Higazi,¹ Daniel A. Boakye,² Michael D. Wilson,³ Babiker M. Mahmoud,⁴ Omer Z. Baraka,⁵ Moawia M. Mukhtar,⁶ Thomas R. Unnasch<sup>7

1</sup>Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan and Division of Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3
²Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, Parasitology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana and Division of Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama
³Parasitology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana and Division of Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294–2170
⁴Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan and Division of Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294–2170
⁵Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan and Division of Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294–2170
⁶Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan and Division of Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294–2170
⁷Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL and Division of Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294–2170