About the Authors

Stefanie Knopp

s.knopp@unibas.ch

Affiliations Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Bobbie Person

Affiliation Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Shaali M. Ame

Affiliations Public Health Laboratory - Ivo de Carneri, Pemba, United Republic of Tanzania, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Khalfan A. Mohammed

Affiliation Helminth Control Laboratory Unguja, Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania

Said M. Ali

Affiliation Public Health Laboratory - Ivo de Carneri, Pemba, United Republic of Tanzania

I. Simba Khamis

Affiliation Helminth Control Laboratory Unguja, Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania

Muriel Rabone

Affiliation Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Fiona Allan

Affiliation Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Anouk Gouvras

Affiliation Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Lynsey Blair

Affiliation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Alan Fenwick

Affiliation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jürg Utzinger

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

David Rollinson

Affiliation Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The molluscicide niclosamide was donated by Bayer for the control of intermediate host snails in Zanzibar. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS NTDs policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK BP SMAm KAM SMAl ISK FA JU AF DR. Performed the experiments: SK BP SMAm KAM SMAl ISK MR FA AG LB DR. Analyzed the data: SK MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK BP SMAm KAM SMAl ISK LB AF DR. Wrote the paper: SK BP SMAm KAM SMAl ISK MR FA AG LB AF JU DR.