Uniform multidrug therapy for leprosy patients in Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR): Results of an open label, randomized and controlled clinical trial, among multibacillary patients

• Gerson Oliveira Penna ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gpenna@gpenna.net (GOP); samira@buhrer.net (SBS)

  Affiliation Tropical Medicine Centre, University of Brasília, Brasília, and Fiocruz Brasília, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8967-536X

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• Samira Bührer-Sékula ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: gpenna@gpenna.net (GOP); samira@buhrer.net (SBS)

  Affiliation Tropical Pathology and Public Health Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

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• Lígia Regina Sansigolo Kerr,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health. Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

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• Mariane Martins de Araújo Stefani,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tropical Pathology and Public Health Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

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• Laura Cunha Rodrigues,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London England

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• Marcelo Grossi de Araújo,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dermatology Department, Clinical Hospital of Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Andrea Machado Coelho Ramos,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dermatology Department, Clinical Hospital of Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Ana Regina Coelho de Andrade,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dermatology Department, Clinical Hospital of Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Maurício Barcelos Costa,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medicine Faculty—Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

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• Patricia Sammarco Rosa,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lauro de Souza Lima Institute, Baurú, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Heitor de Sá Gonçalves,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dona Libânia Dermatology Centre, Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

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• Rossilene Cruz,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tropical Dermatology and Venerology Alfredo da Matta Foundation, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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• Maurício Lima Barreto,

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

  Affiliation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation—Gonçalo Muniz Research Institute, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Maria Araci de Andrade Pontes,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dona Libânia Dermatology Centre, Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

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• Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna

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

  Affiliation Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Federal University Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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