The unique tropism of Mycobacterium leprae to the nasal epithelial cells can be explained by the mammalian cell entry protein 1A

• Viesta Beby Fadlitha,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Fuki Yamamoto,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Irfan Idris,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Hasanuddin University Medical Research Centre, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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• Haslindah Dahlan,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Hasanuddin University Medical Research Centre, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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• Naoya Sato,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliations Department of Dermatology, Toshiba Rinkan Hospital, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Vienza Beby Aftitah,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Cellular Immunology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Andini Febriyanda,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Hasanuddin University Medical Research Centre, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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• Takao Fujimura ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: fujimura@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4243-5822

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• Hiroaki Takimoto

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Bioscience, Kitasato University School of Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

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