Serological evidence of natural exposure to rabies in rural populations in Gabon

• Linda Bohou Kombila ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linda Bohou Kombila, Nadine N’dilimabaka

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

  Affiliations Unité Émergence des Maladies Virales (UEMV), Département de Virologie, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, Gabon, Ecole Doctorale Régionale d’Afrique Centrale en Infectiologie Tropicale (EDR), Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (USTM), Franceville, Gabon

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• Nadine N’dilimabaka ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linda Bohou Kombila, Nadine N’dilimabaka

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Unité Émergence des Maladies Virales (UEMV), Département de Virologie, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, Gabon, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (USTM), Franceville, Gabon

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• Julien Lannoy,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Unit Lyssavirus, Epidemiology and Neuropathology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Paris, France

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• Eric Elguero,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MIVEGEC, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Montpellier University, CNRS, Montpellier, France

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• Eric M. Leroy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation TRANSVIHMI, Université de Montpellier-IRD-Inserm 34394 Montpellier, France

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• Laurent Dacheux ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: laurent.dacheux@pasteur.fr (LD); pierre.becquart@ird.fr (PB)

  Current address: Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Unit Environment and Infectious Risks, Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats, Paris, France

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Unit Lyssavirus, Epidemiology and Neuropathology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Paris, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4401-3706

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• Pierre Becquart

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: laurent.dacheux@pasteur.fr (LD); pierre.becquart@ird.fr (PB)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation MIVEGEC, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Montpellier University, CNRS, Montpellier, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0980-1678

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