About the Authors
- Anna M. Sales
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* E-mail: amsales@ioc.fiocruz.br
Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Antonio Ponce de Leon
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Nádia C. Düppre
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Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Mariana A. Hacker
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Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- José Augusto C. Nery
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Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Euzenir N. Sarno
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Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Maria L. F. Penna
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AMS APdL MAH ENS MLFP. Performed the experiments: AMS NCD JACN. Analyzed the data: AMS APdL NCD MAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMS JACN ENS MLFP. Wrote the manuscript: AMS APdL NCD ENS MLFP.