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Schematic procedure and structure of the study. BI status at diagnosis was compared to BI at 1-year post-RFT, which identified three categorized patients: complete decline, moderate decline, and lack of BI decline. Patients under treatment were excluded from this grouping. M. leprae VNTR typing and molecular drug resistance analysis were performed for all 290 patients.
