About the Authors
- Marcus Beissner
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Contributed equally to this work with: Marcus Beissner, Kristina Lydia Huber
* E-mail: beissner@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Kristina Lydia Huber
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Contributed equally to this work with: Marcus Beissner, Kristina Lydia Huber
Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Kossi Badziklou
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Affiliation Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo
- Wemboo Afiwa Halatoko
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Affiliation Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo
- Issaka Maman
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Affiliation Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo
- Felix Vogel
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Affiliation Institute for Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Bawimodom Bidjada
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Affiliation Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo
- Koffi Somenou Awoussi
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Affiliation Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo
- Ebekalisai Piten
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Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Régional Maritime (CHR Maritime), Tsévié, Togo
- Kerstin Helfrich
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Carolin Mengele
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Jörg Nitschke
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Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Würzburg, Germany
- Komi Amekuse
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Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo Office (DAHWT), Lomé, Togo
- Franz Xaver Wiedemann
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Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo Office (DAHWT), Lomé, Togo
- Adolf Diefenhardt
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Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Würzburg, Germany
- Basile Kobara
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Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre l'Ulcère de Buruli – Lèpre et Pian (PNLUB-LP), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo
- Karl–Heinz Herbinger
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Abiba Banla Kere
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Affiliation Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Ministry of Health, Lomé, Togo
- Mireille Prince-David
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Affiliation Département des Sciences Fondamentales et Biologiques, Faculté Mixte de Médecine et de Pharmacie (FMMP), Université de Lomé (UL), Lomé, Togo
- Thomas Löscher
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Gisela Bretzel
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Clinical management: EP JN KA AD BK. Designed analysis software & data management: MB KLH IM FV BB KSA KH JN KA AD BK GB. Conceived and designed the experiments: MB KLH KB WAH IM BB KSA KH CM JN KA FXW AD BK ABK MPD TL GB. Performed the experiments: MB KLH IM FV BB KSA KH CM KHH. Analyzed the data: MB KLH KB WHA IM FV BB KSA EP KH CM JN KA FXW AD BK KHH ABK MPD TL GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB WAH FV EP FXW AD BK KHH ABK TL GB. Wrote the paper: MB KLH KB WHA JN KA FXW KHH ABK MPD TL GB.