About the Authors

Beverly Egyir

begyir@sund.ku.dk

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Insitut, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Bacteriology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana

Luca Guardabassi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Joseph Esson

Affiliation Microbiology Department, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana

Søren Saxmose Nielsen

Affiliation Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mercy Jemima Newman

Affiliation Microbiology Department, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana

Kennedy Kwasi Addo

Affiliation Bacteriology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana

Anders Rhod Larsen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Insitut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BE LG ARL. Performed the experiments: BE JE. Analyzed the data: BE SSN ARL LG. Wrote the paper: BE LG ARL SSN JE MJN KKA.