Expanded genome-wide comparisons give novel insights into population structure and genetic heterogeneity of Leishmania tropica complex

• Tamara Salloum,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2689-4175

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• Rim Moussa,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

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• Ryan Rahy,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0836-1153

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• Jospin Al Deek,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

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• Ibrahim Khalifeh,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1215-5320

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• Rana El Hajj,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Neil Hall,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Earlham Institute, Norwich research Park, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2808-0009

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• Robert P. Hirt ,

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

  * E-mail: robert.hirt@ncl.ac.uk (RPH); stokajian@lau.edu.lb (ST)

  Affiliation Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Sima Tokajian

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

  * E-mail: robert.hirt@ncl.ac.uk (RPH); stokajian@lau.edu.lb (ST)

  Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3653-8940

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