About the Authors

Ahmed Fahal

ahfahal@hotmail.com, ahfahal@uofk.edu

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

El Sheikh Mahgoub

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Ahmed Mohamed EL Hassan

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Manar Elsheikh Abdel-Rahman

Affiliation Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Yassir Alshambaty

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Bakht el Ruda University, Sudan

Ahmed Hashim

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Ali Hago

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Eduard E. Zijlstra

Affiliation Rotterdam Centre for Tropical Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF ESM AMEH MEAR EEZ. Performed the experiments: AF ESM AMEH MEAR EEZ AHas AHag YA. Analyzed the data: AF ESM AMEH MEAR EEZ AHas AHag YA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF ESM AMEH MEAR EEZ AHas AHag YA. Wrote the paper: AF ESM AMEH MEA EEZ AHas AHag YA.