Wide distribution of Mediterranean and African spotted fever agents and the first identification of Israeli spotted fever agent in ticks in Uganda

• Wilfred Eneku,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Makerere University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kampala, Uganda, Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5013-7118

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• Bernard Erima,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

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• Anatoli Maranda Byaruhanga,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

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• Gladys Atim,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

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• Titus Tugume,

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

  Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

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• Qouilazoni A. Ukuli,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

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• Hannah Kibuuka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

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• Edison Mworozi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Christina Douglas,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Diagnostic Systems Division, USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jeffrey W. Koehler,

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

  Affiliation Diagnostic Systems Division, USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Nora G. Cleary,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

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• Michael E. von Fricken,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

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• Robert Tweyongyere,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Makerere University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kampala, Uganda

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• Fred Wabwire-Mangen,

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

  Affiliations Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda, Makerere University, School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Denis Karuhize Byarugaba

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

  * E-mail: denis.byarugaba@mak.ac.ug

  Affiliations Makerere University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kampala, Uganda, Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4175-5659

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