About the Authors

Arie Zackay

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Abdelmajeed Nasereddin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Yegnasew Takele

Affiliation Leishmaniasis Research and Treatment Centre, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Dagimawie Tadesse

Affiliation Leishmaniasis Research and Treatment Centre, Arba Minch Hospital, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Workagegnehu Hailu

Affiliation Leishmaniasis Research and Treatment Centre, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Zewdu Hurissa

Affiliation Leishmaniasis Research and Treatment Centre, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Sisay Yifru

Affiliation Leishmaniasis Research and Treatment Centre, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Teklu Weldegebreal

Affiliation Leishmaniasis Research and Treatment Centre, Arba Minch Hospital, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Ermias Diro

Affiliation Leishmaniasis Research and Treatment Centre, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Aysheshm Kassahun

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Asrat Hailu

Affiliation School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Charles L. Jaffe

cjaffe@cc.huji.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AZ AN CLJ. Performed the experiments: AZ AN. Analyzed the data: AZ CLJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT DT WH ZH SY TW ED AK AH AZ AN CLJ. Wrote the paper: AZ CLJ AN AH.