About the Authors

Mehrab E Hossain

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mehrab.e.hossain@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Caitlin Keighley

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Southern.IML Pathology, Sonic Healthcare, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Medical School, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Andrew H. Buultjens

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia

Jessica L. Porter

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia

Paul D. R. Johnson

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Timothy P. Stinear

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia

Maria Globan

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia

Caroline J. Lavender

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia

Jake A. Lacey

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia

Norelle L. Sherry

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia

Anton Forsyth

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health Unit, Murrumbidgee and Southern New South Wales Local Health Districts, New South Wales, Australia

Mark Formby

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Southern.IML Pathology, Sonic Healthcare, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Ian Marr

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Menzies School of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.