Sero-prevalence and risk factors associated with occurrence of anti-Brucella antibodies among slaughterhouse workers in Uganda

• James Katamba Bugeza ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: James Katamba Bugeza, Kristina Roesel, Denis Rwabiita Mugizi, Clovice Kankya, Ignacio Moriyon, Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook

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

  * E-mail: bugezaj@yahoo.com (JKB); E.Cook@cgiar.org (EAJC)

  ¶‡ JKB, LA, and VK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kampala, Uganda, National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI), Kampala, Uganda, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8124-2807

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• Kristina Roesel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: James Katamba Bugeza, Kristina Roesel, Denis Rwabiita Mugizi, Clovice Kankya, Ignacio Moriyon, Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Denis Rwabiita Mugizi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: James Katamba Bugeza, Kristina Roesel, Denis Rwabiita Mugizi, Clovice Kankya, Ignacio Moriyon, Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kampala, Uganda

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• Lordrick Alinaitwe ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ JKB, LA, and VK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kampala, Uganda, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Velma Kivali ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ JKB, LA, and VK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kampala, Uganda, Institute of Animal Hygiene and Environmental Health, Freie University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Clovice Kankya ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: James Katamba Bugeza, Kristina Roesel, Denis Rwabiita Mugizi, Clovice Kankya, Ignacio Moriyon, Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook

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

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Ignacio Moriyon ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: James Katamba Bugeza, Kristina Roesel, Denis Rwabiita Mugizi, Clovice Kankya, Ignacio Moriyon, Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Navarra, Edificio de Investigación c/Irunlarrea 1, Pamplona, Spain

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• Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook

  Contributed equally to this work with: James Katamba Bugeza, Kristina Roesel, Denis Rwabiita Mugizi, Clovice Kankya, Ignacio Moriyon, Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook

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

  * E-mail: bugezaj@yahoo.com (JKB); E.Cook@cgiar.org (EAJC)

  Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6081-8363

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