A Major Role for Mammals in the Ecology of Mycobacterium ulcerans

• Janet A. M. Fyfe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Janet A. M. Fyfe, Caroline J. Lavender

  * E-mail: janet.fyfe@mh.org.au

  Affiliations Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Caroline J. Lavender ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Janet A. M. Fyfe, Caroline J. Lavender

  Affiliations Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Kathrine A. Handasyde,

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Alistair R. Legione,

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Carolyn R. O'Brien,

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Timothy P. Stinear,

  Affiliations WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Sacha J. Pidot,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Torsten Seemann,

  Affiliation Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• M. Eric Benbow,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

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• John R. Wallace,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Christina McCowan,

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria, Australia

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• Paul D. R. Johnson

  Affiliations Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Department, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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