Host immune responses induced by specific Mycobacterium leprae antigens in an overnight whole-blood assay correlate with the diagnosis of paucibacillary leprosy patients in China

• Xiaohua Chen ,

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

  * E-mail: hannahchen2003@163.com (XC); 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/0000-0002-5722-705X

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• 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 Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

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• Lian C. 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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• Yan Wen

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  * E-mail: hannahchen2003@163.com (XC); 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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