About the Authors

Michael D. French

michael.french05@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliations Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Thomas S. Churcher

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Manoj Gambhir

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Alan Fenwick

Affiliation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Joanne P. Webster

Affiliations Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Narcis B. Kabatereine

Affiliation Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Maria-Gloria Basáñez

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF JPW NBK. Analyzed the data: MDF TSC MG M-GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M-GB. Wrote the paper: MDF TSC M-GB. Reviewed the manuscript: TSC MG AF JPW NBK M-GB. Organised and implemented longitudinal fieldwork: AF JPW.