Buruli ulcer treatment: Rate of surgical intervention differs highly between treatment centers in West Africa

• Anita C. Wadagni ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: awadagni@gmail.com

  Affiliations University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Groningen, The Netherlands, Programme National de Lutte contre la Lèpre et L'Ulcère de Buruli, Ministère de la Santé, Cotonou, République du Bénin

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• Jonathan Steinhorst,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Groningen, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1380-6727

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• Yves T. Barogui,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Lèpre et L'Ulcère de Buruli, Ministère de la Santé, Cotonou, République du Bénin

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• P. M. Catraye,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Lèpre et L'Ulcère de Buruli, Ministère de la Santé, Cotonou, République du Bénin

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• Ronald Gnimavo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Lèpre et L'Ulcère de Buruli, Ministère de la Santé, Cotonou, République du Bénin

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• Kabiru M. Abass,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana

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• George Amofa,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dunkwa Government Hospital, Dunkwa, Ghana

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• Michael Frimpong,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), School of Medical Sciences and Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana

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• Francisca N. Sarpong,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), School of Medical Sciences and Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana

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• Tjip S. van der Werf,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Richard Phillips,

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

  Affiliation Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), School of Medical Sciences and Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana

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• Ghislain E. Sopoh,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Lèpre et L'Ulcère de Buruli, Ministère de la Santé, Cotonou, République du Bénin

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• Christian R. Johnson,

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

  Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Lèpre et L'Ulcère de Buruli, Ministère de la Santé, Cotonou, République du Bénin

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• Ymkje Stienstra

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Groningen, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8844-8859

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