About the Authors
- Weihong Qi, Michael Käser, Katharina Röltgen, Gerd Pluschke
- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
- Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Conceived and designed the experiments: WQ MK GP. Analyzed the data: WQ. Wrote the paper: WQ GP. Performed DNA isolation and provided DNA samples for sequencing: MK. Performed SNP confirmation and SNP assay experiments: KR. Contributed strains: DYM.