About the Authors

Christopher Fitzpatrick

fitzpatrickc@who.int

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Fiona M. Fleming

Affiliation Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Matthew Madin-Warburton

Affiliations Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Timm Schneider

Affiliation Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Filip Meheus

Current address: Section of Early Detection and Prevention, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Affiliation Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Kingsley Asiedu

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Anthony W. Solomon

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Antonio Montresor

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Gautam Biswas

Affiliation 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: CF. Performed the experiments: CF. Analyzed the data: CF MMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS FMF. Wrote the paper: CF FMF FM KA AWS AM GB.