Pathak, Vinay Kumar
Singh, Itu
Sharma, Rahul
Turankar, Ravindra P.
Sengupta, Utpal
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (Fellowship/lep/2/2018-ECD-I)
Indian Council of Medical Research (Grant no. 5/8/3(8)2013-ECD-I)
Article History
Received: 16 February 2026
Accepted: 20 May 2026
First Online: 9 June 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted with the approval of the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of The Leprosy Mission Trust India, New Delhi, granted in the meeting held on June 24, 2013.
: All the leprosy patients and healthy controls were recruited after obtaining written informed consent.