Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and characterization of the members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from slaughtered cattle in Rwanda

• Jean Bosco Ntivuguruzwa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jean Bosco Ntivuguruzwa, Anita L. Michel, Henriette van Heerden

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

  * E-mail: boscus2@gmail.com

  Affiliations Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria; Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9404-2214

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• Anita L. Michel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jean Bosco Ntivuguruzwa, Anita L. Michel, Henriette van Heerden

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria; Pretoria, South Africa

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• Francis Babaman Kolo ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AB and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria; Pretoria, South Africa

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• Ivan Emil Mwikarago ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Human Medicine and Device assessment and Registration, Division of Human Medicine, Assessment and registration, Rwanda Food and Drug Administration, Kigali, Rwanda

  ¶‡ AB and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Human Medicine and Device assessment and Registration, Rwanda Food and Drug Administration, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AB and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations National Reference Laboratory Division, Department of Biomedical Services, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Kigali, Rwanda, Department of Clinical Biology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Henriette van Heerden

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jean Bosco Ntivuguruzwa, Anita L. Michel, Henriette van Heerden

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria; Pretoria, South Africa

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