About the Authors

Virak Khieu

Affiliations National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Fabian Schär

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

Hanspeter Marti

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

Somphou Sayasone

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

Socheat Duong

Affiliation National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sinuon Muth

Affiliation National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VK FS HM SD SS SM PO. Performed the experiments: VK FS. Analyzed the data: VK PO. Wrote the paper: VK PO. Coordination of field work in Cambodia: SM SD.