Evaluating the risk of dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome in Nepalese Leprosy Patients via HLA-B* 13:01 screening using real-time PCR and comparative meta-analysis of international data

• Divya RSJB Rana,

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

  Affiliations Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal, Central Department of Biotechnology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5709-5958

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• Mahesh Shah ,

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

  * E-mail: drmahesh_shah@yahoo.com, maheshs@tlmnepal.org (MS); deanna@zeroleprosypathfinder.com (DAH);

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

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• Suwash Baral,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

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• Reejana Shrestha,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

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• Kishor Koju,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

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• Kanchha Shrestha,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Records, Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

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• Preeti Maharjan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

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• Jarina Joshi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Central Department of Biotechnology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal

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• Indra Bahadur Napit,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

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• Pushpendra Singh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India

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• Hana Krismawati,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Papua Agency, National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health, Indonesia, Jayapura, Indonesia

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• Deanna A. Hagge

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: drmahesh_shah@yahoo.com, maheshs@tlmnepal.org (MS); deanna@zeroleprosypathfinder.com (DAH);

  Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tikabhairab, Lele, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

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