About the Authors

Kathleen D. Lynch

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kathleen.lynch1@uqconnect.edu.au

Affiliation UQ Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Sue Chen Apadinuwe

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Denig, Republic of Nauru

Stephen B. Lambert

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations UQ Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Tessa Hillgrove

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Fred Hollows Foundation, Melbourne, Australia

Mitchell Starr

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NSW State Reference Laboratory for HIV, St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Beth Catlett

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NSW State Reference Laboratory for HIV, St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Robert S. Ware

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Menzies Health Institute Queensland and School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Anasaini Cama

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Fred Hollows Foundation, Melbourne, Australia

Sara Webster

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Fred Hollows Foundation, Melbourne, Australia

Emma M. Harding-Esch

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Ana Bakhtiari

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Trachoma Initiative, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Robert Butcher

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Philip Cunningham

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NSW State Reference Laboratory for HIV, St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Diana Martin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sarah Gwyn

Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anthony W. Solomon

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Chandalene Garabwan

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Denig, Republic of Nauru

John M. Kaldor

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

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Susana Vaz Nery

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

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AB is employed by the International Trachoma Initiative at The Task Force for Global Health, which receives an operating budget and research funds from Pfizer Inc., the manufacturers of Zithromax (azithromycin). EMHE receives salary support from the International Trachoma Initiative.