About the Authors

Janine de Zeeuw

Contributed equally to this work with: Janine de Zeeuw, Marike Alferink

j.de.zeeuw@umcg.nl

Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Groningen, The Netherlands

Marike Alferink

Contributed equally to this work with: Janine de Zeeuw, Marike Alferink

Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Health Psychology, Groningen, The Netherlands

Yves T. Barogui

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Lèpre et l´Ulcère de Buruli, Ministère de la Santé, Cotonou, République du Bénin

Ghislain Sopoh

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Lèpre et l´Ulcère de Buruli, Ministère de la Santé, Cotonou, République du Bénin

Richard O. Phillips

Affiliation Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, School of Medical Sciences, Department of Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana

Tjip S. van der Werf

Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Groningen, The Netherlands

Susanne Loth

Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Groningen, The Netherlands

Bouwe Molenbuur

Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Anesthesiology, Groningen, The Netherlands

Mirjam Plantinga

Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, The Netherlands

Adelita V. Ranchor

Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Health Psychology, Groningen, The Netherlands

Ymkje Stienstra

Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JdZ MA YTB GS ROP TSvdW AVR YS. Performed the experiments: JdZ MA SL. Analyzed the data: JdZ MA YTB BM MP AVR YS. Wrote the paper: JdZ MA YTB GS ROP TSvdW SL BM MP AVR YS.