A conserved grain-associated immunosuppressive niche in Sudanese patients with mycetoma

• Mohamed Osman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mohamed Osman, Helen Ashwin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: School of Health and Life Sciences, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, UK

  Affiliation York Biomedical Research Institute and Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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• Helen Ashwin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mohamed Osman, Helen Ashwin

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation York Biomedical Research Institute and Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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• Grant Calder,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biosciences Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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• Peter O’Toole,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biosciences Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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• Sahar M. Bakhiet,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Ahmed M. Musa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Paul M. Kaye ,

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

  * E-mail: paul.kaye@york.ac.uk (PMK); ahfahal@mycetoma.edu.sd (AHF)

  Affiliation York Biomedical Research Institute and Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8796-4755

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• Ahmed Hassan Fahal

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

  * E-mail: paul.kaye@york.ac.uk (PMK); ahfahal@mycetoma.edu.sd (AHF)

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

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