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Editorial
. 2024 Feb 13:11:1372149.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1372149. eCollection 2024.

Editorial: New insights in leprosy (Hansen's disease)

Sebastian Vernal  1 , Ciro Martins Gomes  2
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Editorial: New insights in leprosy (Hansen's disease)

Sebastian Vernal et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .
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Keywords: Mycobacterium leprae; infectious diseases; leprosy; mycobacterium; neglected tropical disease (NTD).

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.

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