Update on the Geographic Distribution of the Intermediate Host Snails of Schistosoma mansoni on St. Lucia: A Step Toward Confirming the Interruption of Transmission of Human Schistosomiasis.

"Disclosure: This study was approved by the Pan American Health Organization Ethics Review Committee (Ref. No: PAHOERC.0378.01) and the Medical and Dental Council Research Ethics Committee of Saint Lucia."

"Financial support: This investigation received financial support from TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases co-sponsored by UNICEF, UN Development Programme, the World Bank and WHO (Project ID P22-00737). This work was also supported in part by The NIH grant R37AI101438 awarded to E. S. L., and technical assistance at the University of New Mexico Molecular Biology Facility was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (P30GM110907). The content for this paper is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funders. MES and ASS are grateful to the Knud Højgaards Foundation for its support to The Research Platform for Disease Ecology, Health, and Climate (grant nos. 16-11-1898 and 20-11-0483)."