Investigation of bacterial agents in yaws-like ulcers in children and their environment in Cameroon: An experience from the Akonolinga Health District

• Francky Ghislain B’sop,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Medical Immunology, School Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Mama Mbouombouo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Higher Institute of Agriculture, Forestry, Water and Environment, University of Ebolowa, Ebolowa, Cameroon

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• Serges Tchatchouang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Medical Immunology, School Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Diane Kamdem Thiomo,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Dell-Dylan Kenfack,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chantal Biya International Reference center for research on the prevention and management of HIV/AIDS, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Ange Patricia Kamgmo Tappe,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Felix Priso Bile,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Akonolinga Health District, Akonolinga, Cameroon

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• Hilaire Claude Zo Evouna,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Akonolinga Health District, Akonolinga, Cameroon

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• Michel Kengne,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Medical Immunology, School Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Leonard Numfor,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

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• Francine Ntoumi,

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

  Affiliations Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, Privatdozentin, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tubingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Jean-Paul Assam-Assam,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Earnest Njih-Tabah,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Buruli Ulcer, Leprosy, Yaws and Leishmaniasis Control Program, Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Centre Region, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Public Health & Epidemiology, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

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• Veronique Penlap Beng

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

  * E-mail: bengveronique@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1814-4595

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