About the Authors

Edith Roset Bahmanyar

Affiliation Novartis Foundation, Novartis Campus, Basel, Switzerland

William Cairns Smith

w.c.s.smith@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Patrick Brennan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Ray Cummings

Affiliation PATH, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Malcolm Duthie

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jan Hendrik Richardus

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

Paul Saunderson

Affiliation American Leprosy Missions, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America

Tin Shwe

Affiliation American Leprosy Missions, Yangon, Myanmar

Steven Rosen

Affiliation Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States of America

Annemieke Geluk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Rosen has received funding or is employed by a commercial company, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases policies on sharing data and materials.