1 Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 2 Parasitology Laboratory, ICDDR, Dhaka, Bangladesh 3 Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal 4 Additional Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India 5 WHO/TDR, Geneva, Switzerland 6 Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium 7 Institute for OneWorld Health, Divonne, France 8 Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit, GTZ, Eschborn, Germany 9 Institute of Tropical Medicine, Charite Medical School, Berlin, Germany