About the Authors
- Jorg Heukelbach
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* E-mail: heukelbach@web.de
Affiliations Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- Olga André Chichava
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Affiliation Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Alexcian Rodrigues de Oliveira
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Affiliation Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Kathrin Häfner
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Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Friederike Walther
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Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Carlos Henrique Morais de Alencar
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Affiliation Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr.
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Affiliation Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Adriana Cavalcante Ferreira
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Affiliation State Leprosy Control Program, State Health Secretariat of Tocantins, Palmas, Brazil
- Liana Ariza
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Affiliation Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JH LA CHMA ANR ACF. Performed the experiments: LA CHMA OAC ARO KH FW. Analyzed the data: JH LA OAC. Wrote the paper: JH LA CHMA ANR ACF.