About the Authors

Fake J. Moet

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Ron P. Schuring

Affiliation KIT (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen/Royal Tropical Institute), KIT Biomedical Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

David Pahan

Affiliation Rural Health Program, The Leprosy Mission Bangladesh (formerly DBLM), Nilphamari, Bangladesh

Linda Oskam

Affiliation KIT (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen/Royal Tropical Institute), KIT Biomedical Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jan Hendrik Richardus

j.richardus@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LO DP JR FM. Performed the experiments: DP. Analyzed the data: LO JR FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS. Wrote the paper: LO JR RS FM.