About the Authors

Ramakrishna U. Rao

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Kumara C. Nagodavithana

Affiliation Anti Filariasis Campaign, Sri Lanka Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sandhya D. Samarasekera

Affiliation Anti Filariasis Campaign, Sri Lanka Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Asha D. Wijegunawardana

Affiliation Anti Filariasis Campaign, Sri Lanka Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Welmillage D. Y. Premakumara

Affiliation Anti Filariasis Campaign, Sri Lanka Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Samudrika N. Perera

Affiliation Anti Filariasis Campaign, Sri Lanka Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sunil Settinayake

Affiliation Anti Filariasis Campaign, Sri Lanka Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

J. Phillip Miller

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Gary J. Weil

gweil@dom.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The filarial antigen test used in this study uses reagents licensed from Barnes-Jewish Hospital, an affiliation of GJW. All royalties from sales of these tests go to the Barnes Jewish Hospital Foundation, a not for profit charitable organization (http://www.barnesjewish.org/giving/about-us). This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WDYP SNP SS RUR GJW. Performed the experiments: WDYP SNP KCN SDS ADW. Analyzed the data: KCN SDS SNP JPM ADW RUR GJW. Wrote the paper: RUR GJW.