Quantitative polymerase chain reaction in paucibacillary leprosy diagnosis: A follow-up study

Raquel R. Barbieri; Fernanda S. N. Manta; Suelen J. M. Moreira; Anna M. Sales; José A. C. Nery; Lilian P. R. Nascimento; Mariana A. Hacker; Antônio G. Pacheco; Alice M. Machado; Euzenir M. Sarno; Milton O. Moraes

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007147

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Quantitative polymerase chain reaction in paucibacillary leprosy diagnosis: A follow-up study

Raquel R. Barbieri ,

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

* E-mail: rrbarbi@gmail.com

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0025-1144

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Fernanda S. N. Manta,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Suelen J. M. Moreira,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Anna M. Sales,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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José A. C. Nery,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Lilian P. R. Nascimento,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Mariana A. Hacker,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Antônio G. Pacheco,

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation PROCC—Programa de Computação Científica—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Alice M. Machado,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Euzenir M. Sarno,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Milton O. Moraes

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

Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute—Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Quantitative polymerase chain reaction in paucibacillary leprosy diagnosis: A follow-up study

Raquel R. Barbieri,
Fernanda S. N. Manta,
Suelen J. M. Moreira,
Anna M. Sales,
José A. C. Nery,
Lilian P. R. Nascimento,
Mariana A. Hacker,
Antônio G. Pacheco,
Alice M. Machado,
Euzenir M. Sarno

Published: March 5, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007147

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