About the Authors

Marco A. Biamonte

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

marco.biamonte@ddtd.org

Affiliation Drugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases, San Diego, California, United States of America

Paul T. Cantey

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Yaya I. Coulibaly

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali, Dermatology Hospital of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Katherine M. Gass

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Louise C. Hamill

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sightsavers, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

Christopher Hanna

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Project Partners, Oakland, California, United States of America

Patrick J. Lammie

Roles Conceptualization

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

Joseph Kamgno

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Thomas B. Nutman

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David W. Oguttu

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Dieudonné P. Sankara

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Wilma A. Stolk

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Thomas R. Unnasch

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health Infectious Disease Research Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Biamonte is CEO of Drugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases, a nonprofit organization actively working on tests for onchocerciasis.