Detection and genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii circulating in free-range chickens, pigs and seropositive pregnant women in Benue state, Nigeria

• Ifeoma N. Nzelu,

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

  Current address: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi, Nigeria

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6404-8597

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• Jacob K. P. Kwaga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

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• Junaidu Kabir,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

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• Idris A. Lawal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

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• Christy Beazley,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2451-0788

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• Laura Evans,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4132-7897

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• Damer P. Blake

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

  * E-mail: dblake@rvc.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1077-2306

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