About the Authors

Estelle Marion

estelle.marion@inserm.fr

Affiliations Centre de Diagnostic et de Traitement de l'Ulcère de Buruli de Pobè, Fondation Raoul Follereau, Pobè, Bénin, ATOMycA, Inserm Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers, France

Kevin Carolan

Affiliation UMR Mivegec, IRD-CNRS-Universities of Montpellier I and II, Montpellier, Centre IRD de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Ambroise Adeye

Affiliation Centre de Diagnostic et de Traitement de l'Ulcère de Buruli de Pobè, Fondation Raoul Follereau, Pobè, Bénin

Marie Kempf

Affiliation Laboratoire de bactériologie et d'hygiène hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers, France

Annick Chauty

Affiliation Centre de Diagnostic et de Traitement de l'Ulcère de Buruli de Pobè, Fondation Raoul Follereau, Pobè, Bénin

Laurent Marsollier

Affiliation ATOMycA, Inserm Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM AC LM. Performed the experiments: EM AA AC MK. Analyzed the data: EM KC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA AC. Wrote the paper: EM KC LM.