About the Authors

Nadine Schur

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

Eveline Hürlimann

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

Amadou Garba

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

Affiliation Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, Ministère de la Santé, Bamako, Mali

Omar Ndir

Affiliation Service de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine, Pharmacie et Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal

Raoult C. Ratard

Affiliation Office of Public Health, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté

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

Affiliation DBL, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Jürg Utzinger

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

Penelope Vounatsou

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.