About the Authors

Megha Raj Banjara

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

anandbjoshi2018@gmail.com (ABJ); banjaramr@gmail.com (MRB)

Affiliations Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Member, Regional Technical Advisory Group (RTAG) for Kala-azar and Malaria, WHO-SEARO, New Delhi, India

Murari Lal Das

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

Affiliations Member, Regional Technical Advisory Group (RTAG) for Kala-azar and Malaria, WHO-SEARO, New Delhi, India, Public Health and Infectious Disease Research Center (PHIDReC), Kathmandu, Nepal

Siddharth Joshi

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

Affiliation Public Health and Infectious Disease Research Center (PHIDReC), Kathmandu, Nepal

Krishna Raj Pant

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

Affiliation Public Health and Infectious Disease Research Center (PHIDReC), Kathmandu, Nepal

Uttam Raj Pyakurel

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Department of Health Services, Teku, Kathmandu, Nepal

Gokarna Dahal

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

Affiliation Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Department of Health Services, Teku, Kathmandu, Nepal

Axel Kroeger

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Planetary Health, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany

Abraham Aseffa

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

Affiliation UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Christine M. Halleux

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

Affiliation UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Anand Ballabh Joshi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

anandbjoshi2018@gmail.com (ABJ); banjaramr@gmail.com (MRB)

Affiliation Public Health and Infectious Disease Research Center (PHIDReC), Kathmandu, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.