About the Authors

Armelle Forrer

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

Somphou Sayasone

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Penelope Vounatsou

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

Youthanavanh Vonghachack

Affiliation Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Dalouny Bouakhasith

Affiliation Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Steffen Vogt

Affiliation Geographical Institute, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Rüdiger Glaser

Affiliation Geographical Institute, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Jürg Utzinger

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

Kongsap Akkhavong

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Peter Odermatt

peter.odermatt@unibas.ch

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS PV JU PO. Performed the experiments: SS YV DB. Analyzed the data: AF PV PO. Wrote the paper: AF PO. Downloading and management of remote sensing data: SV RG. Overall responsibility of field survey: KA.