LACC1 and leprosy: The results demonstrated that SNP CDC122-LACC1 was associated with protection against leprosy in the population of Alagoas (ORCC = 0.58, p = 0.02), and in the combined analysis of the populations of Northeastern Brazil (ORCC = 0.65, p = 0.02), which was also associated with the multibacillary operational classification in the populations mentioned above.