About the Authors

Estefanía Custodio

ecustodio@isciii.es

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Endalamaw Gadisa

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Luis Sordo

Affiliations Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Granada, Spain

Israel Cruz

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Javier Moreno

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Javier Nieto

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Carmen Chicharro

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Abraham Aseffa

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Zelalem Abraham

Affiliation Amhara Regional State Laboratory, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Tsegaye Hailu

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Carmen Cañavate

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Leishmaniasis, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: E. Custodio E. Gadisa L. Sordo I. Cruz J. Moreno J. Nieto C. Chicharro A. Assefa C. Cañavate Z. Abraham. Performed the experiments: E. Gadisa I. Cruz J. Moreno J. Nieto C. Chicharro T. Hailu. Analyzed the data: E. Custodio E. Gadisa L. Sordo. Wrote the paper: E. Custodio. Designed the database and supervised data entering and cleaning: T. Hailu. Supervised field work and data collection: Z. Abraham.