Does appreciative inquiry decrease false positive diagnosis during leprosy case detection campaigns in Bihar, India? An operational research study

• Ashish Nareshkumar Wagh ,

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

  * E-mail: aashish.wagh@gmail.com

  Affiliation Damien Foundation India Trust, Bihar, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8980-0415

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• Shivakumar Mugudalabetta,

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

  Affiliation Damien Foundation India Trust, Bihar, India

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• Nimer Ortuno Gutierrez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation VDamien Foundation, Bruxelles, Belgium

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• Krishnamurthy Padebettu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Damien Foundation India Trust, Bihar, India

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• Ajay Kumar Pandey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Damien Foundation India Trust, Bihar, India

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• Bijoy Kumar Pandey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation State Leprosy Officer, Bihar, India

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• Mahalakshmy Thulasingam,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India

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• Srinath Satyanarayana,

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

  Affiliation Center for Operational Research, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5420-2551

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• Amol Dongre

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

  Affiliation Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India

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