About the Authors

Julius Mulindwa

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

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Sports Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Joyce Namulondo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Anna Kitibwa

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Jacent Nassuuna

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Oscar Asanya Nyangiri

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Magambo Phillip Kimuda

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Alex Boobo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Barbara Nerima

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Sports Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Fred Busingye

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Vector Borne & NTD Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Rowel Candia

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Vector Borne & NTD Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Annet Namukuta

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Vector Borne & NTD Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Ronald Ssenyonga

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Noah Ukumu

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Pakwach District Local Government, District Health Office, Pakwach, Uganda

Paul Ajal

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Pakwach District Local Government, District Health Office, Pakwach, Uganda

Moses Adriko

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vector Borne & NTD Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Harry Noyes

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Genomic Research, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Claudia J. de Dood

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Paul L. A. M. Corstjens

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Govert J. van Dam

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Alison M. Elliott

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Enock Matovu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

matovue04@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

TrypanoGEN+ Research group

Membership of the TrypanoGEN+ Research group of the H3Africa Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.