Molecular detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the environment and its relationship with Buruli ulcer occurrence in Zio and Yoto districts of maritime region in Togo

• Issaka Maman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mamanissaka@yahoo.fr

  Affiliations National reference laboratory for Buruli ulcer disease in Togo, Institut national d’hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo, Laboratoire des sciences biomédicales et substances bioactives (LSBSB), Ecole supérieure des techniques biologiques et alimentaires (ESTBA), Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6465-5116

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• Tchadjobo Tchacondo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratoire des sciences biomédicales et substances bioactives (LSBSB), Ecole supérieure des techniques biologiques et alimentaires (ESTBA), Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo

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• Abiba Banla Kere,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National reference laboratory for Buruli ulcer disease in Togo, Institut national d’hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo

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• Marcus Beissner,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department for infectious diseases and tropical medicine (DITM), Medical center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Kossi Badziklou,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National reference laboratory for Buruli ulcer disease in Togo, Institut national d’hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo

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• Ekanao Tedihou,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratoire de défense des cultures -Laboratoire national de biosécurité, Institut togolais de recherche agronomique, ITRA, Lomé, Togo

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• Edith Nyaku,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratoire de défense des cultures -Laboratoire national de biosécurité, Institut togolais de recherche agronomique, ITRA, Lomé, Togo

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• Komi Amekuse,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation German leprosy and tuberculosis relief association (DAHW-T), Togo office, Lomé, Togo

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• Franz Xaver Wiedemann,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation German leprosy and tuberculosis relief association (DAHW-T), Togo office, Lomé, Togo

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• Damintoti Simplice Karou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratoire des sciences biomédicales et substances bioactives (LSBSB), Ecole supérieure des techniques biologiques et alimentaires (ESTBA), Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo

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• Gisela Bretzel

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department for infectious diseases and tropical medicine (DITM), Medical center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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