About the Authors

Samuel Fuhrimann

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

Mirko S. Winkler

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

Narcis B. Kabatereine

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

Edridah M. Tukahebwa

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

Abdulla A. Halage

Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Elizeus Rutebemberwa

Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Kate Medlicott

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Environment, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Christian Schindler

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

Jürg Utzinger

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

Guéladio Cissé

gueladio.cisse@unibas.ch

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SF MSW NBK EMT AAH ER KM CS JU GC. Performed the experiments: SF NBK AAH. Analyzed the data: SF CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF NBK EMT AAH ER. Wrote the paper: SF MSW NBK EMT AAH ER KM CS JU GC.