Mapping the risk of Rift Valley fever in Uganda using national seroprevalence data from cattle, sheep and goats

Dan Tumusiime; Emmanuel Isingoma; Optato B. Tashoroora; Deo B. Ndumu; Milton Bahati; Noelina Nantima; Denis Rwabiita Mugizi; Christine Jost; Bernard Bett

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0010482

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Mapping the risk of Rift Valley fever in Uganda using national seroprevalence data from cattle, sheep and goats

Dan Tumusiime,

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

Affiliations Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda, International Livestock Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda, Dahlem Research School (DRS) Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Emmanuel Isingoma,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda
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Optato B. Tashoroora,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda
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Deo B. Ndumu,

Roles Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda
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Milton Bahati,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda
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Noelina Nantima,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda
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Denis Rwabiita Mugizi,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda
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Christine Jost,

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliations United States Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance 14 (USAID/BHA), Washington, D.C., United States of America, Global Health Support Initiative III, Social Solutions International, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Bernard Bett

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

* E-mail: b.bett@cgiar.org

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9376-2941

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Mapping the risk of Rift Valley fever in Uganda using national seroprevalence data from cattle, sheep and goats

Dan Tumusiime,
Emmanuel Isingoma,
Optato B. Tashoroora,
Deo B. Ndumu,
Milton Bahati,
Noelina Nantima,
Denis Rwabiita Mugizi,
Christine Jost,
Bernard Bett

Published: May 26, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010482

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