The rationale and cost-effectiveness of a confirmatory mapping tool for lymphatic filariasis: Examples from Ethiopia and Tanzania

• Katherine M. Gass ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: kgass@taskforce.org

  Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Support Center, Task Force for Global Health, Atlanta, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2084-8039

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• Heven Sime ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Heven Sime, Upendo J. Mwingira, Andreas Nshala, Maria Chikawe

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

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Upendo J. Mwingira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Heven Sime, Upendo J. Mwingira, Andreas Nshala, Maria Chikawe

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Andreas Nshala ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Heven Sime, Upendo J. Mwingira, Andreas Nshala, Maria Chikawe

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliations Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, IMA World Health Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Maria Chikawe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Heven Sime, Upendo J. Mwingira, Andreas Nshala, Maria Chikawe

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Sonia Pelletreau,

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

  Affiliation Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, London, United Kingdom

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• Kira A. Barbre ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KAB and MSD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Support Center, Task Force for Global Health, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Michael S. Deming ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KAB and MSD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Consultant, Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center, Task Force for Global Health, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Maria P. Rebollo

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Current address: Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

  Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Support Center, Task Force for Global Health, Atlanta, United States of America

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