About the Authors
- Kapay Kibadi
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Affiliations Programme National de Lutte contre l'Ulcère de Buruli (PNLUB), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Surgery, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Marleen Boelaert
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Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Alexandra G. Fraga
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Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Makanzu Kayinua
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Affiliations General Reference Hospital of Nsona-Mpangu, Lower-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rural Health Zone of Nsona-Mpangu, Lower-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Adhemar Longatto-Filho
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, Laboratory of Medical Investigation (LIM) 14, Department of Pathology of Faculty of Medicine of São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil
- Jean-Bedel Minuku
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Affiliation Rural Health Zone of Nsona-Mpangu, Lower-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Jean-Baptiste Mputu-Yamba
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
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Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Jorge Pedrosa
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Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Jean-Jacques Roux
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Affiliation Anatomy Pathology Unit, Hospital of Chambéry, Association Pathologie Cytologie Développement, Chambéry, France
- Wayne M. Meyers
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Affiliation Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Françoise Portaels
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* E-mail: portaels@itg.be
Affiliation Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KK MB FP. Performed the experiments: KK AGF MK ALF JBM JBMY JJMT JJR WM. Analyzed the data: KK MB JP WM FP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGF ALF JJMT JJR. Wrote the paper: KK MB WM FP.