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A multifaceted molecular approach to surveillance of leishmaniasis: Identification of sand fly species, Leishmania parasites, and blood meal sources using high-resolution melting analysis

• Liora Studentsky ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: liora.studenetsky@moh.gov.il

  Affiliations Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Jerusalem, Israel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

  ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1469-4301

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• Fouad Akad,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, National Laboratory for Public Health, Tel Aviv, Israel

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• Debora Diaz,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Irina Ben Avi,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Shirly Lea Elbaz,

  Roles Resources, Visualization

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Tamar Grossman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Maya Davidovich-Cohen,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Oscar David Kirstein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Laor Orshan,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Gad Baneth

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

  Affiliation The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

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