About the Authors

Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Katharina Röltgen

Affiliations Molecular Immunology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

William Opare

Affiliation National Buruli Ulcer Control Programme, Disease Control Unit - GHS, Accra, Ghana

Kobina Asan-Ampah

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Kwabena Quenin-Fosu

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Adwoa Asante-Poku

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Edwin Ampadu

Affiliation National Buruli Ulcer Control Programme, Disease Control Unit - GHS, Accra, Ghana

Janet Fyfe

Affiliation Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Kwadwo Koram

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Collins Ahorlu

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Gerd Pluschke

gerd.pluschke@unibas.ch

Affiliations Molecular Immunology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DY-M KR GP. Performed the experiments: DY-M KR. Analyzed the data: DY-M KR EA KK GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WO KA-A KQ-F AA-P JF CA. Wrote the paper: DY-M KR GP.