Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number, but Not Haplogroup, Confers a Genetic Susceptibility to Leprosy in Han Chinese from Southwest China

• Dong Wang,

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Ling-Yan Su,

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• A-Mei Zhang,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China

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• Yu-Ye Li,

  Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China

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• Xiao-An Li,

  Affiliation Yuxi City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yuxi, Yunnan, China

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• Ling-Ling Chen,

  Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China

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• Heng Long,

  Affiliation Wenshan Institute of Dermatology, Wenshan, Yunnan, China

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• Yong-Gang Yao

  * E-mail: ygyaozh@gmail.com

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China

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