About the Authors

Leonore Lovis

Contributed equally to this work with: Leonore Lovis, Tippi K. Mak

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Tippi K. Mak

Contributed equally to this work with: Leonore Lovis, Tippi K. Mak

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

Khampheng Phongluxa

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, National Institute of Public Health, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Phonepasong Ayé Soukhathammavong

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, National Institute of Public Health, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Youthanavanh Vonghachack

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Parasitology Unit, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Jennifer Keiser

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

Penelope Vounatsou

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

Marcel Tanner

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

Christoph Hatz

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

Jürg Utzinger

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

Peter Odermatt

peter.odermatt@unibas.ch

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

Kongsap Akkhavong

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JU CH TKM LL PO JK. Performed the experiments: TKM LL KP PAS YV KA. Analyzed the data: LL TKM PV MT JU. Wrote the paper: LL. Overall supervision of the study in Switzerland: MT PO. Overall supervision of the study in Lao PDR: KA. Supervised field survey in Lao PDR: TKM LL KP PAS YV KA. Statistical analysis: LL TKM PV. Critical review of the manuscript: TKM LL JU PO JK CH. Obtained funding: PO.