About the Authors

Isam M. A. Zarroug

imazarroug@gmail.com

Affiliation Onchocerciasis Control/Elimination Programme, National Programme for Prevention of Blindness (NPPB), Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan

Kamal Hashim

Affiliation National Programme for Prevention of Blindness (NPPB), Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan

Arwa H. Elaagip

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Abdallah M. Samy

Affiliation Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt

Ehab A. Frah

Affiliation Biostatistics and Data Analysis Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI), National Center for Research, Khartoum, Sudan

Wigdan A. ElMubarak

Affiliation Onchocerciasis Control/Elimination Programme, National Programme for Prevention of Blindness (NPPB), Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan

Hanan A. Mohamed

Affiliation Onchocerciasis Control/Elimination Programme, National Programme for Prevention of Blindness (NPPB), Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan

Tong Chor M. Deran

Affiliation National Programme for Prevention of Blindness (NPPB), Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan

Nabil Aziz

Affiliation The Carter Center, Khartoum, Sudan

Tarig B. Higazi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Zanesville, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IMAZ KH TBH. Performed the experiments: IMAZ WAE HAM. Analyzed the data: IMAZ AHE AMS EAF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IMAZ KH AHE AMS TCMD NA TBH. Wrote the paper: IMAZ KH AHE AMS EAF WAE HAM TCMD NA TBH.