A High Resolution Melting Analysis (HRM) PCR assay for the detection and identification of Old World Leishmania species

• Yusr Saadi-Ben Aoun,

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

  Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, Clinical Investigation Center, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie, Université de Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Hejer Souguir,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Hamed Chouaieb,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Université de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia

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• Mongia Kraiem,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Insaf Bel Hadj Ali,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, Clinical Investigation Center, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Ahmed S. Chakroun,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Florian Noguier,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Acobiom, Montpellier, France

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• Akila Fathallah-Mili,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, Clinical Investigation Center, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Université de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia

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• David Piquemal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Acobiom, Montpellier, France

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• Ikram Guizani

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ikram.guizani@pasteur.utm.tn, iguizani@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, Clinical Investigation Center, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2763-8963

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