About the Authors

Richard W. Truman

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care, National Hansen's Disease Programs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

P. Kyle Andrews

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care, National Hansen's Disease Programs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Naoko Y. Robbins

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care, National Hansen's Disease Programs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Linda B. Adams

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care, National Hansen's Disease Programs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

James L. Krahenbuhl

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care, National Hansen's Disease Programs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Thomas P. Gillis

tgillis@lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care, National Hansen's Disease Programs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RWT LBA JLK TPG. Performed the experiments: PKA NYR. Analyzed the data: RWT LBA TPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TPG. Wrote the paper: RWT LBA JLK TPG.