About the Authors

Jason A. Trubiano

jason.trubiano@bigpond.com

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, Victorian Department of Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Caroline J. Lavender

Affiliations Victorian Infectious Disease References Laboratory (VIDRL), North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans (Western Pacific Region), VIDRL, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Janet A. M. Fyfe

Affiliations Victorian Infectious Disease References Laboratory (VIDRL), North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans (Western Pacific Region), VIDRL, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Simone Bittmann

Affiliation Victorian Department of Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Paul D. R. Johnson

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans (Western Pacific Region), VIDRL, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAT CJL JAMF SB PDRJ. Performed the experiments: JAT SB. Analyzed the data: JAT CJL JAMF SB PDRJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAT CJL JAMF SB PDRJ. Wrote the paper: JAT CJL JAMF SB PDRJ.