Comparison of collection methods for Phlebotomus argentipes sand flies to use in a molecular xenomonitoring system for the surveillance of visceral leishmaniasis

• Shannon McIntyre-Nolan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shannon McIntyre-Nolan, Vijay Kumar

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

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Vijay Kumar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shannon McIntyre-Nolan, Vijay Kumar

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India

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• Miguella Mark-Carew,

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

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Kundan Kumar,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India

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• Emily S. Nightingale,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Giorgia Dalla Libera Marchiori,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Matthew E. Rogers,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Mojca Kristan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Susana Campino,

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

  Affiliation Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Graham F. Medley,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Pradeep Das ,

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

  ¶‡ PD and MMC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Parasitology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India

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• Mary M. Cameron

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

  * E-mail: mary.cameron@lshtm.ac.uk

  ¶‡ PD and MMC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5693-082X

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