About the Authors

Luca Passerini

PasseriniL@searo.who.int

Affiliation World Health Organization, Hanoi, Vietnam

Gerard J. Casey

Affiliation Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), The University of Melbourne, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Beverley A. Biggs

Affiliations Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), The University of Melbourne, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Diseases (CCREID), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Dai T. Cong

Affiliation World Health Organization, Hanoi, Vietnam

Luong B. Phu

Affiliation Yen Bai Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Yen Bai Medical College, Yen Bai, Vietnam

Tran Q. Phuc

Affiliation National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Marco Carone

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Antonio Montresor

Affiliations World Health Organization, Hanoi, Vietnam, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LP GJC BAB DTC LBP TQP AM. Analyzed the data: LP MC. Wrote the paper: LP GJC. Supervised the study: AM BAB.