Validation of rK39 immunochromatographic test and direct agglutination test for the diagnosis of Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis in Spain

• Mathieu Bangert,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, Geneva, Switzerland

  Affiliations European Public Health Microbiology Training Program (EUPHEM), European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden, WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

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• María D. Flores-Chávez,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

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• Ivonne P. Llanes-Acevedo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

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• Carolina Arcones,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

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• Carmen Chicharro,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

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• Emilia García,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

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• Sheila Ortega,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8857-4329

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• Javier Nieto,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

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• Israel Cruz

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: isra.cruz@finddx.org

  Current address: Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, Geneva, Switzerland

  Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Leishmaniasis, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2200-2360

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