Exploration of tongue dorsum sampling to support clinical diagnosis of leprosy patients in the Comoros: A cross-sectional study

• Lena Krausser ,

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

  * E-mail: lkrausser@ext.itg.be (LK); sbraet@itg.be (SMB)

  Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Research Foundation Flanders, Brussels, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4077-8664

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• Maren Van Nieuwenhove,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Nissad Attoumani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Damien Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program, Moroni, Comoros

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• Silahi H. Grillone,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Damien Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program, Moroni, Comoros

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• Magalie Van Dyck-Lippens,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Leen Rigouts,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Abdallah Baco,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Damien Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program, Moroni, Comoros

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• Wirdane Abdou,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Damien Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program, Moroni, Comoros

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• Aboubacar Mzembaba,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Damien Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program, Moroni, Comoros

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• Epco Hasker,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Younoussa Assoumani,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Damien Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program, Moroni, Comoros

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• Bouke C. de Jong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Sofie M. Braet

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lkrausser@ext.itg.be (LK); sbraet@itg.be (SMB)

  Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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