A human model of Buruli ulcer: The case for controlled human infection and considerations for selecting a Mycobacterium ulcerans challenge strain

• Stephen Muhi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: steve.muhi@unimelb.edu.au

  Affiliations Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3161-8199

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• Joshua Osowicki,

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

  Affiliations Tropical Diseases Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Daniel O’Brien,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Paul D. R. Johnson,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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• Sacha Pidot,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Marcel Doerflinger,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Julia L. Marshall,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Marc Pellegrini,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• James McCarthy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Timothy P. Stinear

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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