Identification of the Mycobacterium ulcerans Protein MUL_3720 as a Promising Target for the Development of a Diagnostic Test for Buruli Ulcer

• Anita Dreyer ,

  Present address: GlycoVaxyn AG, Schlieren, Switzerland

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Katharina Röltgen ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Jean Pierre Dangy,

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Marie Thérèse Ruf,

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Nicole Scherr,

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Miriam Bolz,

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Nicholas Jay Tobias,

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

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• Charles Moes,

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Andrea Vettiger,

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Timothy Paul Stinear,

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

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• Gerd Pluschke

  * E-mail: gerd.pluschke@unibas.ch

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Molecular Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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