Development and validation of a scale to assess attitudes of health care providers towards persons affected by leprosy in southern India

• Govindarajulu Srinivas ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: drsrini@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0320-5485

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• Shuba Kumar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Samarth, Chennai, India

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• Rani Mohanraj,

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

  Affiliation Samarth, Chennai, India

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• Geethalakshmi Sekkizhar,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, India

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• Thirumugam Muthuvel,

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

  Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Global Data Research Center, Hyderabad, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6973-2395

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• Vivek Lal,

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

  Affiliation German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Kolkata, India

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• Burkard Koemm,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe e.V., Wuerzburg (DAHW), Germany

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• Christa Kasang

  Roles Funding acquisition, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation DAHW, Wuerzburg, Germany

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