Detection of multiple mycetoma pathogens using fungal metabarcoding analysis of soil DNA in an endemic area of Sudan

• Hiroki Hashizume ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroki Hashizume, Suguru Taga

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Ecoepidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1361-8358

  ⨯
• Suguru Taga ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroki Hashizume, Suguru Taga

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Ecoepidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

  ⨯
• Masayuki K. Sakata,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4837-854X

  ⨯
• Mahmoud Hussein Mohamed Taha,

  Roles Investigation

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7991-8364

  ⨯
• Emmanuel Edwar Siddig,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

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

  ⨯
• Toshifumi Minamoto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5379-1622

  ⨯
• Ahmed Hassan Fahal,

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

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

  ⨯
• Satoshi Kaneko

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: skaneko@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

  Current address: Department of Ecoepidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

  Affiliations School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Ecoepidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

  ⨯