About the Authors

Benjamin G. Koudou

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

guibehi.koudou@csrs.ci

‡ Joint first authors.

Affiliations Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, UFR Sciences de la Nature, Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Rogers Nditanchou

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

‡ Joint first authors.

Affiliation Sightsavers, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

Firmain N. Yokoly

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, UFR Sciences de la Nature, Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Abakar Gankpala

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

Affiliation Sightsavers, Monrovia, Liberia

Karsor K. Kollie

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Services Department, Neglected Tropical Diseases Program, Ministry of Health, Liberia

David Molyneux

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Philip Downs

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sightsavers, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

Ruth Dixon

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

Affiliation Sightsavers, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.