Analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific T-cell cytokines for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease and as potential indicator for disease progression

Norman Nausch; Daniel Antwi-Berko; Yusif Mubarik; Kabiru Mohammed Abass; Wellington Owusu; Ellis Owusu-Dabo; Linda Batsa Debrah; Alexander Yaw Debrah; Marc Jacobsen; Richard O. Phillips

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005415

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Analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific T-cell cytokines for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease and as potential indicator for disease progression

Norman Nausch,

Affiliation Pediatric Pneumology and Infectious Diseases Group, Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Children’s Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9704-2148

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Daniel Antwi-Berko,

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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Yusif Mubarik,

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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Kabiru Mohammed Abass,

Affiliation Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana
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Wellington Owusu,

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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Ellis Owusu-Dabo,

Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Global Health, School of public health, College of Health Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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Linda Batsa Debrah,

Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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Alexander Yaw Debrah,

Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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Marc Jacobsen,

Affiliation Pediatric Pneumology and Infectious Diseases Group, Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Children’s Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
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Richard O. Phillips

* E-mail: rodamephillips@gmail.com

Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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Analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific T-cell cytokines for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease and as potential indicator for disease progression

Norman Nausch,
Daniel Antwi-Berko,
Yusif Mubarik,
Kabiru Mohammed Abass,
Wellington Owusu,
Ellis Owusu-Dabo,
Linda Batsa Debrah,
Alexander Yaw Debrah,
Marc Jacobsen,
Richard O. Phillips

Published: February 27, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005415

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