About the Authors
- Thorsten Thye
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Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany, Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Genevieve Scarisbrick
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
- Edmund N. L. Browne
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Affiliation Department of Community Health, College of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
- Margaret Amanua Chinbuah
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Affiliation Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana
- John Gyapong
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Affiliation Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana
- Ivy Osei
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Affiliation Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana
- Ellis Owusu-Dabo
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Affiliations Department of Community Health, College of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana
- Stefan Niemann
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Affiliation National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
- Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes
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Affiliation National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
- Christian G. Meyer
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* E-mail: c.g.meyer@bni-hamburg.de
Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- Rolf D. Horstmann
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SRG CGM RDH. Performed the experiments: SN. Analyzed the data: TT GS SN CGM. Wrote the paper: TT RDH. Involved in recruitment of patients and controls: EB MAC JG IO EOD.