About the Authors

Katie Greenland

katie.greenland@lshtm.ac.uk (KG); r.dixon@malariaconsortium.org (RD)

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Ruth Dixon

katie.greenland@lshtm.ac.uk (KG); r.dixon@malariaconsortium.org (RD)

Affiliations Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Deworm the World, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Shabbir Ali Khan

Affiliation Patna University, Bihar, India

Kithsiri Gunawardena

Affiliations Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Jimmy H. Kihara

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya

Jennifer L. Smith

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Lesley Drake

Affiliations Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Deworm the World, Washington, D.C., United States of America, London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, Imperial College London, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom

Prerna Makkar

Affiliations Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Deworm the World, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Sri Raman

† Deceased.

Affiliation Deworm the World, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Sarman Singh

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Sanjay Kumar

Affiliation Secretary Health-cum- Executive Director State Health Society, Bihar, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD JLS LD SR. Performed the experiments: RD JHK SAK KGu. Analyzed the data: KGr RD JLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RD JHK SAK KGu KGr SK SS PM SR. Wrote the paper: KGr RD. Had the opportunity to contribute revisions to the manuscript: RD JLS LD JHK SAK KGu KGr SK SS PM SR.