About the Authors

Eric C. Strunz

estrunz@taskforce.org

Affiliation Children Without Worms, The Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

David G. Addiss

Affiliation Children Without Worms, The Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Meredith E. Stocks

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

Stephanie Ogden

Affiliations Children Without Worms, The Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, International Trachoma Initiative, The Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Jürg Utzinger

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

Matthew C. Freeman

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ECS DGA MES SO MCF. Performed the experiments: ECS DGA MCF. Analyzed the data: ECS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ECS MES. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: ECS DGA MCF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ECS DGA MES SO JU MCF. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: ECS DGA MES SO JU MCF. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: ECS DGA MES SO JU MCF.