About the Authors

Zaida Herrador

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

zherrador@isciii.es

Affiliations National Centre for Tropical Medicine, Health Institute Carlos III (ISCIII in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain

Belén Garcia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Centre for Tropical Medicine, Health Institute Carlos III (ISCIII in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain

Policarpo Ncogo

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Centre for Tropical Medicine, Health Institute Carlos III (ISCIII in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Ministry of Health, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Maria Jesus Perteguer

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, National Center of Microbiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Jose Miguel Rubio

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, National Center of Microbiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Eva Rivas

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain

Marta Cimas

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National School of Health, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Guillermo Ordoñez

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Mostoles, Madrid, Spain

Silvia de Pablos

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Center of Microbiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Ana Hernández-González

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, National Center of Microbiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Rufino Nguema

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliations Ministry of Health, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, National Program for Onchocerciasis and other Filariasis Control, Ministry of Health, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Laura Moya

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Jimenez Diaz Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

María Romay-Barja

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Centre for Tropical Medicine, Health Institute Carlos III (ISCIII in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain

Teresa Garate

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, National Center of Microbiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Kira Barbre

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Support Center, Task Force for Global Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Agustín Benito

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Centre for Tropical Medicine, Health Institute Carlos III (ISCIII in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.