About the Authors

Goylette F. Chami

gjc36@cam.ac.uk (GC); dwd10@cam.ac.uk (DWD)

Affiliations Department of Land Economy, University of Cabridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Alan Fenwick

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

Erwin Bulte

Affiliations Department of Land Economy, University of Cabridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Development Economics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

Andreas A. Kontoleon

Affiliation Department of Land Economy, University of Cabridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Narcis B. Kabatereine

Affiliations Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Uganda Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Bilharzia and Worm Control Programme, Kampala, Uganda

Edridah M. Tukahebwa

Affiliation Uganda Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Bilharzia and Worm Control Programme, Kampala, Uganda

David W. Dunne

gjc36@cam.ac.uk (GC); dwd10@cam.ac.uk (DWD)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

GFC, AAK, DWD, and EB declare no conflicts of interest. AF is the Executive Director of the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) and NBK is employed by SCI. EMT is the Assistant Commissioner of Health Services for the Vector Control Division of Ministry of Health and the National Coordinator for SCI of the NTD Control/Elimination Programme in Uganda. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GFC DWD. Performed the experiments: GFC. Analyzed the data: GFC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GFC AF EB AAK NBK EMT DWD. Wrote the paper: GFC AF EB AAK NBK EMT DWD.