About the Authors

David M. Pigott

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Spatial Ecology & Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Rosalind E. Howes

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Spatial Ecology & Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Antoinette Wiebe

Affiliation Spatial Ecology & Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Katherine E. Battle

Affiliation Spatial Ecology & Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nick Golding

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Peter W. Gething

Affiliation Spatial Ecology & Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Scott F. Dowell

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Tamer H. Farag

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Andres J. Garcia

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ann M. Kimball

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

L. Kendall Krause

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Craig H. Smith

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Simon J. Brooker

Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Hmwe H. Kyu

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Theo Vos

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Christopher J. L. Murray

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Catherine L. Moyes

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Simon I. Hay

simon.hay@well.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SJB is a deputy editor of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SIH. Performed the experiments: REH DMP AW. Analyzed the data: REH DMP KEB AW NG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJB AW DMP REH HHK TV CJLM. Wrote the paper: DMP REH AW KEB NG PWG THF AJG AMK CHS SJB CLM SIH SFD LKK HHK TV CJLM.