Economic and feasibility comparison of the dRIT and DFA for decentralized rabies diagnosis in resource-limited settings: The use of Nigerian dog meat markets as a case study

• Eze U. Ukamaka ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ukamakauchenna.eze@unn.edu.ng

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0584-6932

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• Andre Coetzer,

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

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology,University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Global Alliance for Rabies Control SA NPC, Pretoria, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0581-7207

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• Terence P. Scott,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology,University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Global Alliance for Rabies Control SA NPC, Pretoria, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5027-0031

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• Boniface M. Anene,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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• Romanus C. Ezeokonkwo,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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• Chika I. Nwosuh,

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

  Affiliation Rabies Unit, Central Diagnostic Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Jos, Nigeria

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• Louis H. Nel,

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

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology,University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Global Alliance for Rabies Control SA NPC, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Claude T. Sabeta

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

  Affiliations OIE Rabies Reference Laboratory, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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