About the Authors

Wilma A. Stolk

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

w.stolk@erasmusmc.nl

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

Luc E. Coffeng

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

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

Fatorma K. Bolay

† Deceased.

Roles Data curation

Affiliation National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Monrovia, Liberia

Obiora A. Eneanya

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Peter U. Fischer

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

T. Déirdre Hollingsworth

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

Affiliation Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Benjamin G. Koudou

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Laboratoire de Cytologie et Biologie Animale, UFR Science de la Nature, Université Nangui Abrogoua Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Aboulaye Méité

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre les Maladies Tropicales Négligées à Chimiothérapie Préventive, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Edwin Michael

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Joaquin M. Prada

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Rocio M. Caja Rivera

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Swarnali Sharma

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America, Christian Medical College, IDA Scudder Rd, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Panayiota Touloupou

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Gary J. Weil

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Sake J. de Vlas

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

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

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The filarial antigen test used in this study uses reagents licensed from Barnes-Jewish Hospital, an affiliation of Gary. J. Weil. All royalties from sales of these tests go to the Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital (https://www.foundationbarnesjewish.org/), a registered not-for-profit organization.