About the Authors
- Marco Andrey C. Frade
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Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Andrey C. Frade, Natália A. de Paula, Ciro M. Gomes, Sebastian Vernal, Helena B. Lugão, Norma T. Foss
* E-mail: mandrey@fmrp.usp.br
Affiliation Dermatology Division, Department of Medical Clinics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Natália A. de Paula
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Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Andrey C. Frade, Natália A. de Paula, Ciro M. Gomes, Sebastian Vernal, Helena B. Lugão, Norma T. Foss
Affiliation Dermatology Division, Department of Medical Clinics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Ciro M. Gomes
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Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Andrey C. Frade, Natália A. de Paula, Ciro M. Gomes, Sebastian Vernal, Helena B. Lugão, Norma T. Foss
Affiliations Dermatology Division, Department of Medical Clinics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, Dermatology Division, Department of Medical Clinics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
- Sebastian Vernal
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Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Andrey C. Frade, Natália A. de Paula, Ciro M. Gomes, Sebastian Vernal, Helena B. Lugão, Norma T. Foss
Affiliation Dermatology Division, Department of Medical Clinics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Fred Bernardes Filho
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Dermatology Division, Department of Medical Clinics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Helena B. Lugão
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Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Andrey C. Frade, Natália A. de Paula, Ciro M. Gomes, Sebastian Vernal, Helena B. Lugão, Norma T. Foss
Affiliation Dermatology Division, Department of Medical Clinics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Marilda M. M. de Abreu
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Service of Dermatology, University of Oeste Paulista, Presidente Prudente, Brazil
- Patrícia Botini
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Service of Dermatology, University of Oeste Paulista, Presidente Prudente, Brazil
- Malcolm S. Duthie
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Infectious Diseases Research Institute, 1616 Eastlake Av. E, Seattle, WA, United States of America
- John S. Spencer
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Colorado State University, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
- Rosa Castália F. R. Soares
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation General Coordination of Leprosy and Eliminating Diseases, Surveillance Secretariat in Health, Brazilian Health Ministry, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
- Norma T. Foss
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Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Andrey C. Frade, Natália A. de Paula, Ciro M. Gomes, Sebastian Vernal, Helena B. Lugão, Norma T. Foss
Affiliation Dermatology Division, Department of Medical Clinics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: MACF. Data curation: NAdP. Formal analysis: MACF NAdP CMG SV. Funding acquisition: MACF RCFRS. Investigation: MACF NAdP CMG SV FBF HBL MMMdA PB RCFRS JS. Methodology: MACF NAdP. Project administration: MACF NTF. Resources: MACF RCFRS. Supervision: MACF NTF. Validation: MACF NAdP CMG SV FBF MSD JS NTF. Visualization: MACF NAdP CMG SV. Writing – original draft: MACF NAdP CMG SV. Writing – review & editing: MACF NAdP CMG SV FBF MSD JS NTF.