About the Authors

Emmanuel Edwar Siddig

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Najwa Adam Mhmoud

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Omnia Babekir Abdallah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Salwa Osman Mekki

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Histopathology, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Nadia I. El Dawi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Histopathology, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Wendy Van de Sande

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Ahmed Hassan Fahal

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ahfahal@hotmail.com, ahfahal@uofk.edu

Affiliation The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.