Caught in a trap: DNA contamination in tsetse xenomonitoring can lead to over-estimates of Trypanosoma brucei infection

• Isabel Saldanha ,

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

  * E-mail: isabel.saldanha@lstmed.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4141-8625

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• Rachel Lea,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Oliver Manangwa,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Vector and Vector-borne Diseases Research Institute, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Gala Garrod,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Lee R. Haines,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

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• Álvaro Acosta-Serrano,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

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• Harriet Auty,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliation School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Martha Betson,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

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• Jennifer S. Lord,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Liam J. Morrison,

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

  Affiliation The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Furaha Mramba,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliation Vector and Vector-borne Diseases Research Institute, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Stephen J. Torr,

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

  Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Lucas J. Cunningham

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

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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