Molecular identification of Leishmania infection in the most relevant sand fly species and in patient skin samples from a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus, in Morocco

• Idris Mhaidi,

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

  Affiliations Laboratory of Parasitology and Vector-Borne-Diseases, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco, Molecular Genetics and Immunophysiopathology Research Team, Health and Environment Laboratory, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Aïn Chock Faculty of Sciences, Morocco

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• Sofia El Kacem,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliations Laboratory of Parasitology and Vector-Borne-Diseases, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco, Laboratory of Biology and Health, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco

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• Mouad Ait Kbaich,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliations Laboratory of Parasitology and Vector-Borne-Diseases, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco, Molecular Genetics and Immunophysiopathology Research Team, Health and Environment Laboratory, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Aïn Chock Faculty of Sciences, Morocco

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• Adil El Hamouchi,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology and Vector-Borne-Diseases, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco

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• M’hammed Sarih,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology and Vector-Borne-Diseases, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco

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• Khadija Akarid,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Immunophysiopathology Research Team, Health and Environment Laboratory, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Aïn Chock Faculty of Sciences, Morocco

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• Meryem Lemrani

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: meryem.lemrani@pasteur.ma

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology and Vector-Borne-Diseases, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9923-9219

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