About the Authors

Shannon M. Lenz

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

slenz@hrsa.gov (SML); ladams@hrsa.gov (LBA)

Affiliation IHRC, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jaymes H. Collins

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, National Hansen’s Disease Programs–Laboratory Research Branch, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Nashone A. Ray

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, National Hansen’s Disease Programs–Laboratory Research Branch, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Deanna A. Hagge

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

Ramanuj Lahiri

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, National Hansen’s Disease Programs–Laboratory Research Branch, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Linda B. Adams

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

slenz@hrsa.gov (SML); ladams@hrsa.gov (LBA)

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, National Hansen’s Disease Programs–Laboratory Research Branch, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.