Heterogeneity of Leishmania donovani Parasites Complicates Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis: Comparison of Different Serological Tests in Three Endemic Regions

• Elfadil Abass ,

  * E-mail: elfadil_abass@yahoo.com (EA); ulrich.steinhoff@staff.uni-marburg.de (US)

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany, Biomedical Research Laboratory, Ahfad University for Women, P.O. Box 167, Omdurman, Sudan, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Sudan International University, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Cholho Kang,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany

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• Franjo Martinkovic,

  Affiliation Department for Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases with Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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• Saul J. Semião-Santos,

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, University Tiradentes (UNIT), Campus Farolândia, CEP 49.032-490, Aracaju, Sergipe- Brazil

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• Shyam Sundar,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi—221 005 UP, India

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• Peter Walden,

  Affiliation Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany

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• Renaud Piarroux,

  Affiliation UMR MD3 Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

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• Abdallah el Harith,

  Affiliation Biomedical Research Laboratory, Ahfad University for Women, P.O. Box 167, Omdurman, Sudan

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• Michael Lohoff,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany

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• Ulrich Steinhoff

  * E-mail: elfadil_abass@yahoo.com (EA); ulrich.steinhoff@staff.uni-marburg.de (US)

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany

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