Comparing antigenaemia- and microfilaraemia as criteria for stopping decisions in lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes in Africa

• Wilma A. Stolk ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: w.stolk@erasmusmc.nl

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9509-1328

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• Luc E. Coffeng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Fatorma K. Bolay †,

  † Deceased.

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Monrovia, Liberia

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• Obiora A. Eneanya,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Peter U. Fischer,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• T. Déirdre Hollingsworth,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Benjamin G. Koudou,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Laboratoire de Cytologie et Biologie Animale, UFR Science de la Nature, Université Nangui Abrogoua Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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• Aboulaye Méité,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre les Maladies Tropicales Négligées à Chimiothérapie Préventive, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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• Edwin Michael,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Global Health Infectious Disease Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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• Joaquin M. Prada,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

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• Rocio M. Caja Rivera,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Global Health Infectious Disease Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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• Swarnali Sharma,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America, Christian Medical College, IDA Scudder Rd, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Panayiota Touloupou,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Gary J. Weil,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Sake J. de Vlas

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

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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