Mapping unconventional Leishmania in human and animal leishmaniasis: A scoping review protocol on pathogen diversity, geographic distribution and knowledge gaps

• Denis Sereno ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: denis.sereno@ird.fr

  Affiliations UMR177 Intertryp, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, CIRAD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, GoInsEct: Global Infectiology and Entomology Research Group, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0034-9291

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• Tahar Kernif,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Eco-Epidemiology and Population Genetics, Pasteur Institute of Algeria, Dely-Brahim, Algiers, Algeria

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• Renato Leon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Medical Entomology and Tropical Medicine Laboratory LEMMT, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

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• Kholoud Kahime,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation SAEDD Laboratory, School of Technology Essaouira, Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco

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• Souad Guernaoui,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Biotechnology, Conservation and Valorisation of Natural Resources laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco

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• Chaymaa Harkat,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation SAEDD Laboratory, School of Technology Essaouira, Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco

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• Mario J. Grijalva,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Biomedical Sciences Department, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

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• Omar Hamarsheh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, College of Science & Technology, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine

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• Anita G. Villacis,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Centro de Investigación para la Salud en América Latina, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Ambientales, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Bachir Medrouh,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Research Centre for Agropastoralism, Djelfa, Algeria

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• Thiago Vasconcelos Dos Santos,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Parasitology Department, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brazil

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• Razika Beniklef,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Eco-Epidemiology and Population Genetics, Pasteur Institute of Algeria, Dely-Brahim, Algiers, Algeria

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• Naouel Eddaikra,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Eco-Epidemiology and Population Genetics, Pasteur Institute of Algeria, Dely-Brahim, Algiers, Algeria

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• Phlippe Holzmuller

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations UMR177 Intertryp, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, CIRAD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, GoInsEct: Global Infectiology and Entomology Research Group, France, UMR ASTRE, CIRAD, INRAE, University of Montpellier (I-MUSE), Montpellier, France

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