Evaluation of an electricity-independent method for IS2404 Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) diagnosis of Buruli ulcer in resource-limited settings

• Evans K. Ahortor ,

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

  * E-mail: ahortorek@gmail.com (EKA); aablordey@noguchi.ug.edu.gh (AA)

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3357-8476

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• Theresa Manful Gwira,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology & West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, School of Biological Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

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• Samiratu Mahazu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Astrid C. Erber ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Astrid C. Erber, Anthony Ablordey

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Anthony Ablordey

  Contributed equally to this work with: Astrid C. Erber, Anthony Ablordey

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

  * E-mail: ahortorek@gmail.com (EKA); aablordey@noguchi.ug.edu.gh (AA)

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

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