Multi-centric evaluation of Biomeme Franklin Mobile qPCR for rapid detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical specimens

• Michael Frimpong ,

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

  * E-mail: mfrimpong28@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1901-6793

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• Venus Nana Boakyewaa Frimpong,

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

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

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• Hycenth Numfor,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mycobacteriology Unit, Centre Pasteur du Cameroon (CPC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Valerie Donkeng Donfack,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mycobacteriology Unit, Centre Pasteur du Cameroon (CPC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Jennifer Seyram Amedior,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Danielle Emefa Deegbe,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Baaba Dadson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Anthony Ablordey,

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

  Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Sara Eyangoh,

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

  Affiliation Mycobacteriology Unit, Centre Pasteur du Cameroon (CPC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Richard Odame Phillips,

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

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

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• Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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