About the Authors

Ann S. Goldman

sphasg@gwumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC, United States of America

Victoria H. Guisinger

Affiliation Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Moses Aikins

Affiliation Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Maria Lourdes E. Amarillo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, The Philippines

Vicente Y. Belizario

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, The Philippines

Bertha Garshong

Affiliation Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

John Gyapong

Affiliation Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Conrad Kabali

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Hussein A. Kamal

Affiliation Ministry of Health & Population, Cairo, Egypt

Sanjat Kanjilal

Affiliation Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dominique Kyelem

Affiliation Lymphatic Filariasis Program, Ministry of Health, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Jefrey Lizardo

Affiliation Center for Social Management, Technological Institute of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Mwele Malecela

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Godfrey Mubyazi

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

P. Abdoulaye Nitièma

Affiliation Department of Evaluation, Ministry of Health, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Reda M. R. Ramzy

Affiliation Research & Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Thomas G. Streit

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Aaron Wallace

Affiliation Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Molly A. Brady

Affiliation Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richard Rheingans

Affiliation Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Eric A. Ottesen

Affiliation Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anne C. Haddix

Affiliation Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG. Performed the experiments: BG. Analyzed the data: BG. Wrote the paper: EO VG MB. Participated in the study design and its coordination, data collection and analysis: ASG VHG MA MLEA VYB BG JG CK HAK SK DK JL MM GM AN RMRR TGS AW MAB RR EAO ACH.