About the Authors

Divya RSJB Rana

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

Affiliations Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal, Central Department of Biotechnology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal

Mahesh Shah

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

drmahesh_shah@yahoo.com, maheshs@tlmnepal.org (MS); deanna@zeroleprosypathfinder.com (DAH);

Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

Suwash Baral

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

Reejana Shrestha

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

Kishor Koju

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

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

Kanchha Shrestha

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Records, Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

Preeti Maharjan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

Jarina Joshi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Department of Biotechnology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal

Indra Bahadur Napit

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

Pushpendra Singh

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

Affiliations ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India

Hana Krismawati

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

Affiliation Papua Agency, National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health, Indonesia, Jayapura, Indonesia

Deanna A. Hagge

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

drmahesh_shah@yahoo.com, maheshs@tlmnepal.org (MS); deanna@zeroleprosypathfinder.com (DAH);

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.