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Authors
Taal, A. T.
Barreto, J. G.
Santos de Sousa, G. dos
da Rocha, A. Medeiros
Lima Ferreira, N. N.
Menezes da Silva, J. A.
Hinders, D. C.
van Brakel, W. H.
Richardus, J. H.
Blok, D. J.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Dream Fund of the Dutch Postcode Lottery
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Article History
Received: 3 May 2023
Accepted: 19 September 2023
First Online: 6 October 2023
Declarations
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: Aggregated COVID-19 and TB data used for this study were publicly available and retrieved from the municipal health office in Fortaleza and from the National Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN), respectively. Leprosy data used for this study was collected as part of the Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP++) project. The PEP + + participatory mapping protocol was approved by the ethical review board of the Health Department of Ceará State on 13 November, 2019 (no: 24000819.7.0000.5051). For this study, patient’ information has been retrieved from the national register (SINAN), and a copy of the dataset has been anonymised to perform the analysis by the first author.
: Not applicable.
: The authors report no conflict of interest.
