Buruli ulcer in Australia: Evidence for a new endemic focus at Batemans Bay, New South Wales

• Mehrab E Hossain ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mehrab.e.hossain@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2306-4229

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• Caitlin Keighley,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Southern.IML Pathology, Sonic Healthcare, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Medical School, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

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• Andrew H. Buultjens,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia

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• Jessica L. Porter,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia

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• Paul D. R. Johnson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Timothy P. Stinear,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia

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• Maria Globan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia

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• Caroline J. Lavender,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne Health, Victoria, Australia

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• Jake A. Lacey,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia

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• Norelle L. Sherry,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Victoria, Australia

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• Anton Forsyth,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Public Health Unit, Murrumbidgee and Southern New South Wales Local Health Districts, New South Wales, Australia

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• Mark Formby,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Southern.IML Pathology, Sonic Healthcare, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

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• Ian Marr

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Menzies School of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

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