About the Authors
- Gisela Bretzel
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* E-mail: bretzel@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
- Kristina Lydia Huber
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
- Basil Kobara
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Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre L'Ulcère de Buruli – Lèpre et Pian (PNLUB-LP), Lomé, Togo
- Marcus Beissner
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
- Ebekalisai Piten
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Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Régionale Tsévié (CHR), Tsévié, Togo
- Karl-Heinz Herbinger
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
- Franz Xaver Wiedemann
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Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Togo Office, Lomé, Togo
- Komi Amekuse
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Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Togo Office, Lomé, Togo
- Abiba Banla Kere
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Affiliation Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo
- Kerstin Helfrich
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
- Erna Fleischmann
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
- Thomas Löscher
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
- Adolf Diefenhardt
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Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Würzburg, Germany
- Jörg Nitschke
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Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Würzburg, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GB KLH BK MB FXW AD TL JN. Performed the experiments: KLH EP KH EF JN. Analyzed the data: GB KLH MB EP K-HH KA AB-K KH JN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB KB K-HH FXW AB-K AD TL. Wrote the paper: GB KLH MB K-HH JN. Planning and realization of training workshops for CLTs and health staff in Togo: GB KLH BK EP FXW KA AB-K AD JN. Planning and realization of outreach activities for case finding in Togo: KLH BK EP FXW KA AB-K AD JN. Critical review of manuscript: K-HH TL.