Experiences and perceptions on diagnostic delay of leprosy by affected people in Colombia: A qualitative study

• Heleen Neeltje Willemijn Duighuisen ,

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

  * E-mail: a.kamenshchikova@maastrichtuniversity.nl (AK); heleen.duighuisen@maastrichtuniversity.nl (HNWD)

  Affiliations Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (GLRA/DAHW), Bogotá, Colombia

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• Daniel Gonzalo Eslava Albarracin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (GLRA/DAHW), Bogotá, Colombia, Escuela de Enfermería, Fundación Universitaria Cafam, UNICAFAM, Bogotá, Colombia

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• Anil Fastenau,

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

  Affiliations Department of Global Health, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (GLRA/DAHW), HQ, Wuerzburg, Germany, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Nimer Ortuño-Gutiérrez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Program Department, Damien Foundation, Brussels, Belgium

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• Srilekha Penna,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (GLRA/DAHW), New Delhi, India

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• Alena Kamenshchikova

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

  * E-mail: a.kamenshchikova@maastrichtuniversity.nl (AK); heleen.duighuisen@maastrichtuniversity.nl (HNWD)

  Affiliations Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Social Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7745-9819

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