About the Authors

Daniela Schütte

Affiliation Swiss Tropical Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland

Alphonse Um-Boock

Affiliation Leprosy Relief Emmaus-Switzerland (ALES) Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon

Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo

Affiliation Ghana Health Service, Amasaman, Ghana

Peter Itin

Affiliation University Hospital Basel, Department of Dermatology, Basel, Switzerland

Peter Schmid

Affiliation Novartis Institutes of BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Gerd Pluschke

gerd.pluschke@unibas.ch

Affiliation Swiss Tropical Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP DS. Performed the experiments: DS. Analyzed the data: DS PI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AU EM PS. Wrote the paper: GP DS.