Diagnostic performance of a novel point-of-care test for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan: A Comparative Accuracy Study

• Elfadil Abass,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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• Durria Mansour,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Ahfad Biomedical Research Laboratory (ABRL), School of Health Sciences, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan

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• Zaki Abdalla,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory and Blood Bank Administration, Ministry of Health, Gedaref, Sudan

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• Hassan Altaher,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Mahmoud Abdalla Idris Medical Compound, Gedaref Teaching Hospital, Ministry of Health, Gedaref, Sudan

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• Mootaz Sliman,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Mahmoud Abdalla Idris Medical Compound, Gedaref Teaching Hospital, Ministry of Health, Gedaref, Sudan

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• Hussam Osman,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Liwa College, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Rabie Ali Babiker,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gedaref, Gedaref, Sudan

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• Mohamed Salah,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kassala University, Kassala, Sudan

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• Elmohaned Omer,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Mahmoud Abdalla Idris Medical Compound, Gedaref Teaching Hospital, Ministry of Health, Gedaref, Sudan

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• Elwaleed Elamin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Alzaeem Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Alexander Visekruna,

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

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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• Ulrich Steinhoff ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ulrich Steinhoff, Rouzbeh Mahdavi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ulrich.steinhoff@staff.uni-marburg.de

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2141-7756

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• Rouzbeh Mahdavi

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ulrich Steinhoff, Rouzbeh Mahdavi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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