About the Authors

Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly

Affiliations Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali, Filariasis Unit at MRTC, Faculty of Medicine of Bamako, Mali

Ilo Dicko

Affiliation Filariasis Unit at MRTC, Faculty of Medicine of Bamako, Mali

Modibo Keita

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Mahamadou Minamba Keita

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Moussa Doumbia

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Adama Daou

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Fadima Cheick Haidara

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Moussa Hama Sankare

Affiliation Direction Nationale de la Sante, Bamako, Mali

John Horton

hedgepigs@aol.com

Affiliation Tropical Projects, Hitchin, United Kingdom

Caroline Whately-Smith

Affiliation Whately-Smith Ltd, Kings Langley, United Kingdom

Samba Ousmane Sow

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YIC MHS SOS. Performed the experiments: YIC MK MMK MD AD FCH MHS SOS. Analyzed the data: YIC ID MHS CWS SOS. Wrote the paper: YIC JH CWS.