The development of a novel diagnostic PCR for Madurella mycetomatis using a comparative genome approach

• Wilson Lim,

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

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7883-3825

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• Emmanuel Siddig,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6314-7374

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• Kimberly Eadie,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Bertrand Nyuykonge,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1454-6149

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• Sarah Ahmed,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Center of Expertise in Mycology of Radboud University Medical Center / Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Faculty of medical laboratory sciences, University of Khartoum, Sudan

  Affiliation Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Ahmed Fahal,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Annelies Verbon,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Sandra Smit,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wageningen University & Research, Department of Plant Science, Wageningen, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5239-5321

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• Wendy WJ van de Sande

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: w.vandesande@erasmusmc.nl

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8652-8783

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