About the Authors

Caroline J. Lavender

Affiliations Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Janet A. M. Fyfe

Affiliations Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Joseph Azuolas

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries, Attwood, Victoria, Australia

Karen Brown

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries, Attwood, Victoria, Australia

Rachel N. Evans

Affiliation Health Services Department, City of Greater Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Lyndon R. Ray

Affiliation Health Services Department, City of Greater Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Paul D. R. Johnson

paul.johnson@austin.org.au

Affiliations Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Department, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJL JAMF JA PDRJ. Performed the experiments: CJL JAMF JA KB RNE LRR. Analyzed the data: CJL PDRJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAMF JA LRR PDRJ. Wrote the paper: CJL PDRJ.