Leishmania infantum xenodiagnosis from vertically infected dogs reveals significant skin tropism

• Breanna M. Scorza,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3489-0270

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• Kurayi G. Mahachi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8642-3797

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• Arin C. Cox,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Current address: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-8512

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• Angela J. Toepp,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Current address: EVMS-Sentara Healthcare Analytics and Delivery Science Institute, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0432-5780

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• Adam Leal-Lima,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1926-8037

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• Anurag Kumar Kushwaha,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5558-0204

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• Patrick Kelly,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5155-6741

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• Claudio Meneses,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Geneva Wilson,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Edward Hines Jr. Veteran Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3850-7689

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• Katherine N. Gibson-Corley,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Current address: Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1846-1580

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• Lyric Bartholomay,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Shaden Kamhawi,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4304-636X

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• Christine A. Petersen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: christine-petersen@uiowa.edu

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7285-4254

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