About the Authors

Meredith E. Stocks

Affiliations Department of Environmental Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, International Trachoma Initiative, Taskforce for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Stephanie Ogden

Affiliations Department of Environmental Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, International Trachoma Initiative, Taskforce for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Children Without Worms, Taskforce for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Danny Haddad

Affiliation Emory Eye Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David G. Addiss

Affiliation Children Without Worms, Taskforce for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Courtney McGuire

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Matthew C. Freeman

mcfreem@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

Children Without Worms receives funding from Johnson & Johnson and GlaxoSmithKline for its programs to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SO DA DH MCF. Performed the experiments: MS CM. Analyzed the data: MS SO MCF. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MS SO MCF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MS SO MCF DA DH. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MS SO DA DH CM MCF. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: MS SO DA DH CM MCF.