About the Authors

Barnabas Zogo

Affiliation IRD-CREC Cotonou, Bénin, and University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin

Armel Djenontin

Affiliation IRD-CREC Cotonou, Bénin, and University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin

Kevin Carolan

Affiliation UMR MIVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Universities of Montpellier I and II, Montpellier, France

Jeremy Babonneau

Affiliation ATOMycA, Inserm Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University and CHU of Angers, Angers, France

Jean-François Guegan

Affiliation UMR MIVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Universities of Montpellier I and II, Montpellier, France

Sara Eyangoh

Affiliation Laboratoire de Mycobactériologie, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroun

Estelle Marion

estelle.marion@inserm.fr

Affiliations ATOMycA, Inserm Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University and CHU of Angers, Angers, France, Centre de Diagnostic et de Traitement de l’ulcère de Buruli, Fondation Raoul Follereau, Pobè, Bénin

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM AD JFG. Performed the experiments: EM AD KC JB BZ. Analyzed the data: EM SE JFG AD KC BZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM JB. Wrote the paper: EM AD BZ.