About the Authors
- Rebuma Firdessa
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rebuma Firdessa, Rea Tschopp, Alehegne Wubete
Current address: University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Rea Tschopp
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rebuma Firdessa, Rea Tschopp, Alehegne Wubete
Affiliations Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Swiss Tropical and Public Health, Basel, Switzerland
- Alehegne Wubete
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rebuma Firdessa, Rea Tschopp, Alehegne Wubete
Affiliation National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center, Sebeta, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Melaku Sombo
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Affiliation National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center, Sebeta, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Elena Hailu
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Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Girume Erenso
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Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Teklu Kiros
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Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Lawrence Yamuah
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Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Martin Vordermeier
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Affiliation Department for Bovine Tuberculosis, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom
- R. Glyn Hewinson
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Affiliation Department for Bovine Tuberculosis, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Douglas Young
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Affiliation Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Stephen V. Gordon
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Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Mesfin Sahile
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Affiliation National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center, Sebeta, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Abraham Aseffa
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Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Stefan Berg
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* E-mail: Stefan.berg@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Affiliation Department for Bovine Tuberculosis, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RF SB AW M. Sombo GE RT AA SVG DY MV M. Sahile RGH. Performed the experiments: RF AW M. Sombo EH GE TK RT. Analyzed the data: RT RF SB AW MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW RT LY AA M.Sahile. Wrote the paper: SB RT RF AW. Revised the manuscript: M. Sombo AA SVG DY MV.