Diagnostic accuracy of direct agglutination test, rK39 ELISA and six rapid diagnostic tests among visceral leishmaniasis patients with and without HIV coinfection in Ethiopia

• Mekibib Kassa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3612-5716

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• Saïd Abdellati,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9620-8257

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• Lieselotte Cnops,

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

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0658-1291

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• Bruno C. Bremer Hinckel,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Coris BioConcept, Gembloux, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7127-0137

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• Arega Yeshanew,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Wasihun Hailemichael,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2721-7632

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• Florian Vogt,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Wim Adriaensen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9698-7449

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• Pascal Mertens,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Coris BioConcept, Gembloux, Belgium

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• Ermias Diro,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3595-6323

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• Johan van Griensven,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Dorien Van den Bossche

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dvandenbossche@itg.be

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7545-4360

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