About the Authors

Inge Wagenaar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

inge.wagenaar10@gmail.com

Affiliation Dept. of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Erik Post

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation KIT Health, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Wim Brandsma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Independent Leprosy Consultant, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Bob Bowers

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Rural Health Program, The Leprosy Mission International Bangladesh, Nilphamari, Bangladesh, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Khorshed Alam

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rural Health Program, The Leprosy Mission International Bangladesh, Nilphamari, Bangladesh

Vanaja Shetty

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Foundation for Medical Research, Mumbai, India

Vivek Pai

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Bombay Leprosy Project, Mumbai, India

Sajid Husain

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation JALMA institute of Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra, India

Cita Rosita Sigit Prakoeswa

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dermatovenereology Dept., Dr Soetomo Hospital–Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

Linda Astari

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dermatovenereology Dept., Dr Soetomo Hospital–Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

Deanna Hagge

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Anandaban Hospital and Mycobacterial Research Laboratories, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Mahesh Shah

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Anandaban Hospital and Mycobacterial Research Laboratories, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Kapil Neupane

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Anandaban Hospital and Mycobacterial Research Laboratories, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Krishna Bahadur Tamang

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital and Services Centre Dhanusha, Lalgadh, Nepal

The TENLEP study group

The members of The TENLEP study group can be found in the “Members of The TENLEP study group” section below.

Peter Nicholls

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Jan Hendrik Richardus

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dept. of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.