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Article History

Received: 19 July 2017

Accepted: 12 March 2018

First Online: 28 March 2018

Authors’ information

: Robert Colebunders is Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Belgium, with current research focussing on identifying the cause of nodding disease syndrome and epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions. Maria-Gloria Basáñez is Professor of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the School of Public Health, Imperial College London, currently focussing on the development of NTD mathematical models and their application in public health policy and practice. At the time of contributing to this paper, Katja Siling was a research assistant at the Institute of Tropical Medicine of the University of Antwerp for a multi-disciplinary project investigating the link between onchocerciasis and epilepsy in Cameroon, Tanzania, and Uganda; she is currently pursuing a doctorate in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Rory J Post is an expert on onchocerciasis vectors and their genetics, and member of a number of onchocerciasis elimination committees, with affiliations at the Liverpool John Moores University and the LSHTM. Anke Rotsaert is studying under the supervision of Prof Colebunders at the University of Antwerp. Bruno Mmbando is at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania, with research interests in vector-borne and infectious diseases of poverty. Patrick Suykerbuyk is a post-doctoral researcher at the Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, working on the epidemiology and disease burden of NTDs. Adrian Hopkins was the director of the Mectizan Donation Program until 2016 and is now a consultant on neglected and disabling diseases of poverty.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.