About the Authors

Saba M. Lambert

saba.lambert@lshtm.ac.uk, sabalambert@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Shimelis D. Nigusse

Affiliation All Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training (ALERT) Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Digafe T. Alembo

Affiliation All Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training (ALERT) Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Stephen L. Walker

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Peter G. Nicholls

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Munir H. Idriss

Affiliation All Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training (ALERT) Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Lawrence K. Yamuah

Affiliation Data Management, Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Diana N. J. Lockwood

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SML DNJL SLW PGN. Performed the experiments: SML SDN DTA. Analyzed the data: SML PGN. Wrote the paper: SML DNJL SLW. Data management: LKY. Designed database: PGN. Analysed biopsies: MHI.