About the Authors
- Leonore Lovis
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Contributed equally to this work with: Leonore Lovis, Tippi K. Mak
Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Tippi K. Mak
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Affiliations University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- Penelope Vounatsou
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Marcel Tanner
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Christoph Hatz
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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
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Peter Odermatt
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* E-mail: 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
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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.