Low rate of relapse after twelve-dose multidrug therapy for hansen’s disease: A 20-year cohort study in a brazilian reference center

• José A. C. Nery ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: José A. C. Nery, Anna M. Sales

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

  Current address: Retired

  Affiliation Souza Araújo Outpatient Clinic, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Anna M. Sales ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: José A. C. Nery, Anna M. Sales

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Souza Araújo Outpatient Clinic, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Mariana A. V. B. Hacker,

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

  Affiliation Souza Araújo Outpatient Clinic, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0418-8760

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• Milton O. Moraes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2653-0037

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• Raquel C. Maia,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Dra Raquel e Maia Serviços Médicos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Affiliation Souza Araújo Outpatient Clinic, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Euzenir N. Sarno ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Ximena Illarramendi

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

  * E-mail: ximenill@ioc.fiocruz.br

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Souza Araújo Outpatient Clinic, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Center for Technological Development in Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1504-1553

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