Diagnostic accuracy of qPCR and microscopy for cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Ecuador: A Bayesian latent class analysis

• Jacob M. Bezemer ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob M. Bezemer, Joanna Merckx

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: j.m.bezemer@amsterdamumc.nl

  Affiliations Hospital Shell, Fundación Misión Cristiana de Salud, Shell, Pastaza, Ecuador, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Laboratory for Experimental Parasitology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers location Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam Institute for infection and Immunity, Infectious Diseases Program, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7116-1341

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• Joanna Merckx ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jacob M. Bezemer, Joanna Merckx

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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• Byron P. Freire Paspuel,

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

  Affiliations Laboratorios de Investigación, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

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• Manuel Calvopiña,

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

  Affiliation OneHealth Research Group, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador

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• Henry J. C. de Vries,

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

  Affiliations Amsterdam Institute for infection and Immunity, Infectious Diseases Program, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Sexual Health, Public Health Service, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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• Henk D. F. H. Schallig,

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

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Laboratory for Experimental Parasitology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers location Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam Institute for infection and Immunity, Infectious Diseases Program, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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• Mariska M. G. Leeflang,

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

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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• Nandini Dendukuri

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

  Affiliation Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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