About the Authors

Rory J. Post

Contributed equally to this work with: Rory J. Post, Anne Laudisoit

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Anne Laudisoit

Contributed equally to this work with: Rory J. Post, Anne Laudisoit

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States, Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, Evolutionary Ecology group (EVECO), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

Michel Mandro

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Provincial Health Division Ituri, Ministry of Health, Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo

Thomson Lakwo

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Control, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Christine Laemmer

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Germany

Kenneth Pfarr

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Germany

Achim Hoerauf

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Germany

Pablo Tortosa

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization

Affiliation Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT "Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical", CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Saint-Denis, France

Yann Gomard

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Université de La Réunion, UMR PIMIT "Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical", CNRS 9192, INSERM U 1187, IRD 249. Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Saint-Denis, France

Tony Ukety

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Maladies Tropicales (CRMT), Rethy, Democratic Republic of Congo

Claude Mande

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Wildlife Management, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo, Biodiversity Monitoring Centre (CSB), University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

Lorne Farovitch

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester New York, United States of America

Uche Amazigo

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pan-African Community Initiative on Education and Health, Enugu, Nigeria

Didier Bakajika

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Expanded Special Project for Elimination of NTDs, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

David W. Oguttu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Control, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Naomi Awaca

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, National Programme for Neglected Tropical Diseases & Preventive Chemotherapy, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Robert Colebunders

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

robert.colebunders@uantwerpen.be

Affiliation Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

Competing Interests

No authors have competing interests.