Will cases of leprosy reaction increase with COVID-19 infection?

Douglas Eulálio Antunes; Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart; Luiz Ricardo Goulart

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008460

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Will cases of leprosy reaction increase with COVID-19 infection?

Douglas Eulálio Antunes ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart, Luiz Ricardo Goulart

* E-mail: douglas.eulalio1@gmail.com

Affiliations National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy, Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8091-7158

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Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart, Luiz Ricardo Goulart

Affiliations National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy, Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2319-3223

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Luiz Ricardo Goulart

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart, Luiz Ricardo Goulart

Affiliations National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy, Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil, Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Will cases of leprosy reaction increase with COVID-19 infection?

Douglas Eulálio Antunes,
Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart,
Luiz Ricardo Goulart

Published: July 17, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008460

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