Establishing a standard method for analysing case detection delay in leprosy using a Bayesian modelling approach.

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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval for the PEP4LEP study was obtained from the national ethical committees of Ethiopia (MoSHE/RD/4-1/1011/20), Mozambique (476/CNBS/21) and Tanzania (NIMR/HQ/R.8c/Vol.1/1530). The project has been registered at the Netherlands Trial Register under the number Trial NL7294 (NTR7503). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding The PEP4LEP project is part of the EDCTP2 programme supported by the European Union awarded to NLR/LM (grant number RIA2017NIM-1839-PEP4LEP), and the Leprosy Research Initiative (LRI; www.leprosyresearch.org) awarded to NLR/LM (grant number 707.19.58.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection or analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."

"Declarations: Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval for the PEP4LEP study was obtained from the national ethical committees of Ethiopia (MoSHE/RD/4-1/1011/20), Mozambique (476/CNBS/21) and Tanzania (NIMR/HQ/R.8c/Vol.1/1530). The project has been registered at the Netherlands Trial Register under the number Trial NL7294 (NTR7503).: Consent for publicationNot applicable.: Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval for the PEP4LEP study was obtained from the national ethical committees of Ethiopia (MoSHE/RD/4-1/1011/20), Mozambique (476/CNBS/21) and Tanzania (NIMR/HQ/R.8c/Vol.1/1530). The project has been registered at the Netherlands Trial Register under the number Trial NL7294 (NTR7503)."