About the Authors

Diana N. J. Lockwood

diana.lockwood@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Joydeepa Darlong

Affiliation Purulia Leprosy Mission Hospital, Purulia, India

Pitchaimani Govindharaj

Affiliation Purulia Leprosy Mission Hospital, Purulia, India

Royce Kurian

Affiliation Leprosy Mission Trust India, Noida, India

Pamidipani Sundarrao

Affiliation Leprosy Mission Trust India, Noida, India

Annamma S. John

Affiliation Leprosy Mission Trust India, Noida, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DNJL PS. Performed the experiments: ASJ PG RK JD. Analyzed the data: DNJL ASJ RK PG PS JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS JD RK ASJ. Wrote the paper: DNJL ASJ.