About the Authors

Eric A. Ottesen

eottesen@taskforce.org

Affiliation Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Task Force for Child Survival and Development, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Pamela J. Hooper

Affiliation Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Task Force for Child Survival and Development, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Mark Bradley

Affiliation Global Community Partnerships, GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, United Kingdom

Gautam Biswas

Affiliation Preventive Chemotherapy and Transmission Control, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

Dr. Mark Bradley currently works for GlaxoSmithKline.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EAO PJH MB GB. Performed the experiments: EAO PJH MB GB. Analyzed the data: EAO PJH MB GB. Wrote the paper: EAO PJH MB GB.