About the Authors

Benjamin F. R. Dickson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Benjamin.dickson@my.jcu.edu.au

Affiliation College of Medicine & Dentistry, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Patricia M. Graves

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, James Cook University and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Control of Lymphatic Filariasis, Soil Transmitted Helminths and Other Neglected Tropical Diseases, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Ni Ni Aye

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vector Borne Disease Control Unit, Ministry of Health and Sport, Naypyitaw, Myanmar

Thet Wai Nwe

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vector Borne Disease Control Unit, Ministry of Health and Sport, Naypyitaw, Myanmar

Tint Wai

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Regional Vector Borne Disease Control Unit, Ministry of Health and Sport, Mandalay, Myanmar

San San Win

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Health Organization, Yangon, Myanmar

Myint Shwe

Roles Investigation

Affiliation General Practitioner, Mandalay, Myanmar

Janet Douglass

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Center for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Richard S. Bradbury

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, North Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

William J. McBride

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Medicine & Dentistry, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

NNA, TWN, TW, and SSW were involved in Myanmar’s National LF Elimination Program at the time of the study. MS works as a self-employed private general practitioner in Mandalay. He volunteered his time to assist with data collection during the study.