About the Authors

Jennifer Keiser

jennifer.keiser@unibas.ch

Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Hanan Sayed

Affiliation Public Health Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

Maged El-Ghanam

Affiliation Hepatogastroenterology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

Hoda Sabry

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

Saad Anani

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Population, Alexandria Governorate, Alexandria, Egypt

Aly El-Wakeel

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Population, Behera Governorate, Behera, Egypt

Christoph Hatz

Affiliations University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Medical Services and Diagnostic, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Jürg Utzinger

Affiliations University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Sayed Seif el-Din

Affiliation Pharmacology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

Walaa El-Maadawy

Affiliation Pharmacology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

Sanaa Botros

Affiliation Pharmacology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK JU CH SB. Performed the experiments: H. Sayed ME-G H. Sabry SA AE-W SSe-D WE-M SB. Analyzed the data: JK H. Sayed SB. Wrote the paper: JK CH JU SB.