Evaluation of antigen-specific immune responses for leprosy diagnosis in a hyperendemic area in China

• Xiaohua Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaohua Chen, Yuan-Gang You

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory for Research on Prevention and Treatment of Tropical Diseases, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Yuan-Gang You ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaohua Chen, Yuan-Gang You

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory for Research on Prevention and Treatment of Tropical Diseases, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• You-Hua Yuan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China

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• Lian Chao Yuan,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory for Research on Prevention and Treatment of Tropical Diseases, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Ying Zhang ,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  * E-mail: yzhang@jhsph.edu (YZ);weny8@163.com (YW).

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

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• Wen Yan

  Roles Project administration

  * E-mail: yzhang@jhsph.edu (YZ);weny8@163.com (YW).

  Affiliations Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory for Research on Prevention and Treatment of Tropical Diseases, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5792-6299

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