Whole Genome Comparisons Suggest Random Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Genotypes in a Buruli Ulcer Endemic Region of Ghana

Anthony S Ablordey; Koen Vandelannoote; Isaac A Frimpong; Evans K Ahortor; Nana Ama Amissah; Miriam Eddyani; Lies Durnez; Francoise Portaels; Bouke C de Jong; Herwig Leirs; Jessica L Porter; Kirstie M Mangas; Margaret MC Lam; Andrew Buultjens; Torsten Seemann; Nicholas J Tobias; Timothy P Stinear

Journal article

Whole Genome Comparisons Suggest Random Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Genotypes in a Buruli Ulcer Endemic Region of Ghana

Anthony S Ablordey, Koen Vandelannoote, Isaac A Frimpong, Evans K Ahortor, Nana Ama Amissah, Miriam Eddyani, Lies Durnez, Francoise Portaels, Bouke C de Jong, Herwig Leirs, Jessica L Porter, Kirstie M Mangas, Margaret MC Lam, Andrew Buultjens, Torsten Seemann, Nicholas J Tobias, Timothy P Stinear

PLoS Negl Trop Dis | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003681

University of Melbourne Researchers

Torsten Seemann Author Microbiology and Immunology

Jessica Porter Author Microbiology and Immunology

Tim Stinear Author Microbiology and Immunology

Koen Vandelannoote Author Microbiology and Immunology

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported in part by the Stop Buruli Initiative (www.stopburuli.org, UBS Optimus Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland) and the Flemish Interuniversity Council - University Development Cooperation (www.vliruos.be, VLIRUOS). TPS was supported by a Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (www.nhmrc.gov.au). KV was supported by a VLADOC PhD scholarship of VLIR-UOS (Belgium). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparations of the manuscript.