About the Authors

Izabela Jardim Rodrigues Pitta

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

izabelap@gmail.com

Affiliations Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Post-Graduate Program in Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mariana de Andrea Vilas-Boas Hacker

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

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

Ligia Rocha Andrade

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Post-Graduate Program in Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Clarissa Neves Spitz

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Post-Graduate Program in Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Robson Teixeira Vital

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Pedro Ernesto University Hospital/Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Anna Maria Sales

Roles Investigation

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

Sergio Luiz Gomes Antunes

Roles Investigation

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

Euzenir Nunes Sarno

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

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

Marcia Rodrigues Jardim

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Post-Graduate Program in Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Department of Neurology, Pedro Ernesto University Hospital/Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.