About the Authors

Alejandra Nóbrega Martinez

Current address: Divisions of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America.

Affiliation Laboratório de Hanseníase, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carolina Talhari

Affiliation Fundação Alfredo da Matta, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Milton Ozório Moraes

mmoraes@fiocruz.br

Affiliation Laboratório de Hanseníase, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sinésio Talhari

Affiliation Universidade Nilton Lins, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.