About the Authors

Daniel Argaw

Affiliation Department for the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (CDS/NTD/IDM), Leishmaniasis Control Program, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Abate Mulugeta

Affiliation Disease Prevention and Control Programmes, World Health Organization, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mercè Herrero

Affiliation Disease Prevention and Control Programmes, World Health Organization, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Nohelly Nombela

Affiliation Department for the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (CDS/NTD/IDM), Leishmaniasis Control Program, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Tsegemariam Teklu

Affiliation Tigray Regional Health Office, Mekelle, Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia

Teodros Tefera

Affiliation Kashay Abera Hospital, Kafta-Humera, Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia

Zewdu Belew

Affiliation Kashay Abera Hospital, Kafta-Humera, Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia

Jorge Alvar

Current address: Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Geneva, Switzerland.

Affiliation Department for the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (CDS/NTD/IDM), Leishmaniasis Control Program, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Caryn Bern

Caryn.Bern2@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA AM MH NN JA CB. Performed the experiments: AM MH NN TTek TTef ZB. Analyzed the data: DA NN CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NN CB. Wrote the paper: DA MH CB.