About the Authors

Raquel R. Barbieri

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

rrbarbi@gmail.com

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fernanda S. N. Manta

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Suelen J. M. Moreira

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Anna M. Sales

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

José A. C. Nery

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lilian P. R. Nascimento

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mariana A. Hacker

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Antônio G. Pacheco

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation PROCC—Programa de Computação Científica—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alice M. Machado

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Euzenir M. Sarno

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Milton O. Moraes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.