About the Authors
- Nadine Schur
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Eveline Hürlimann
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Amadou Garba
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Programme National de Lutte Contre la Bilharziose et les Géohelminthes, Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Lutte Contre les Endémies, Niamey, Niger
- Mamadou S. Traoré
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Affiliation Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, Ministère de la Santé, Bamako, Mali
- Omar Ndir
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Affiliation Service de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine, Pharmacie et Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal
- Raoult C. Ratard
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Affiliation Office of Public Health, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté
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Affiliations National Programme for the Control of Schistosomiasis and Intestinal Helminthiasis, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Laboratoire de Biologie Générale, Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Thomas K. Kristensen
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Affiliation DBL, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Jürg Utzinger
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Penelope Vounatsou
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* E-mail: penelope.vounatsou@unibas.ch
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: NS PV. Wrote the paper: NS PV JU. Conceptualized the project: PV JU TKK. Provided substantial amount of data: AG MST ON RCR LATT. Processed data: NS EH. Provided important intellectual content: AG MST ON RCR LATT TKK JU PV.