About the Authors

Ramakrishna U. Rao

rrao@dom.wustl.edu

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

Sandhya D. Samarasekera

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

Kumara C. Nagodavithana

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

Manjula W. Punchihewa

Affiliation Regional Anti Filariasis Unit, Galle, Sri Lanka

Tharanga D. M. Dassanayaka

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

Gamini P. K. D

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

Ethan Ford

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

Udaya S. B. Ranasinghe

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

Ralph H. Henderson

Affiliation Task Force for Global Heath and NTD Support Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Gary J. Weil

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDS KCN USBR RHH RUR GJW. Performed the experiments: SDS KCN MWP TDMD GPKD. Analyzed the data: SDS KCN EF RUR GJW. Wrote the paper: RUR GJW.