The Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) project: Accomplishments and ongoing research

Peter U. Fischer; Christopher L. King; Philip J. Budge; Gary J. Weil; on behalf of the DOLF Consortium

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013953

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The Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) project: Accomplishments and ongoing research

Peter U. Fischer ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Pufischer@wustl.edu

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4558-3417

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Christopher L. King,

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

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Diseases, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Philip J. Budge,

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

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

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

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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on behalf of the DOLF Consortium

¶Membership of the DOLF Consortium is provided in S1 Table.
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The Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) project: Accomplishments and ongoing research

Peter U. Fischer,
Christopher L. King,
Philip J. Budge,
Gary J. Weil,
on behalf of the DOLF Consortium

Published: February 3, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013953

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