Abdominal ultrasound in the diagnostic work-up of visceral leishmaniasis and for detection of complications of spleen aspiration

• Rezika Mohammed ,

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

  * E-mail: rezikamohammed@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia, Leishmanisis Research and Treatment Center, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1410-0454

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• Yonathan Gebrewold,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0227-9669

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• Angela Schuster,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of General Practice, Berlin, Germany

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

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• Helina Fikre,

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

  Affiliation Leishmanisis Research and Treatment Center, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2451-9731

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• Tigist Mekonnen,

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

  Affiliation Leishmanisis Research and Treatment Center, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0667-5434

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• Tadele Mulaw,

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

  Affiliation Leishmanisis Research and Treatment Center, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Tadfe Bogale,

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

  Affiliation Leishmanisis Research and Treatment Center, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Florian Vogt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Ermias Diro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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

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• Johan van Griensven

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

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

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