The Babesia observational antibody (BAOBAB) study: A cross-sectional evaluation of Babesia in two communities in Kilosa district, Tanzania

• Evan M. Bloch ,

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

  * E-mail: ebloch2@jhmi.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8181-9517

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• Zakayo Mrango,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Kilosa, Tanzania

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• Mabula Kasubi,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Jerusha Weaver,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Aleksandra Mihailovic,

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

  Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Beatriz Munoz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Anna Weimer,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Andrew Levin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kephera Diagnostics, LLC, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Laura Tonnetti,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jeffrey M. Linnen,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Vanessa Brès,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Douglas E. Norris,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Giovanna Carpi,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Sheila K. West

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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