Genetic tools discriminate strains of Leishmania infantum isolated from humans and dogs in Sicily, Italy

• Germano Castelli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Reference Center for Leishmaniasis (C.Re.Na.L.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0464-4474

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• Federica Bruno,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Reference Center for Leishmaniasis (C.Re.Na.L.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-6984

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• Valentina Caputo,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Section of Dermatology, Department of Health Promotion, Maternal-Infant, Internal Medicine and Specialization of Excellence “G. D’Alessandro” (PROMISE) University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

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• Santi Fiorella,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Section of Dermatology, Department of Health Promotion, Maternal-Infant, Internal Medicine and Specialization of Excellence “G. D’Alessandro” (PROMISE) University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

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• Ignazio Sammarco,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Tecnologie Diagnostiche Innovative, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy

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• Tiziana Lupo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Tecnologie Diagnostiche Innovative, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy

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• Antonella Migliazzo,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation National Reference Center for Leishmaniasis (C.Re.Na.L.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy

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• Fabrizio Vitale ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fabrizio.vitale@izssicilia.it

  Affiliation National Reference Center for Leishmaniasis (C.Re.Na.L.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5527-1890

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• Stefano Reale

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Tecnologie Diagnostiche Innovative, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy

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