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, 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, Denmark

Marit Sørum

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

Søren Saxmose Nielsen

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

Augusta Kolekang

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Enoch Frimpong

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Kennedy Kwasi Addo

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

Mercy Jemima Newman

Affiliation Microbiology Department, University of Ghana Medical School, 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 interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BE ARL LG KKA MJN. Performed the experiments: BE. Analyzed the data: BE ARL LG SSN MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK EF. Wrote the paper: BE ARL LG SSN KKA MJN AK MS.