Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya

• Joseph G. Ogola ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ogolajoseph2000@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and KAVI Institute of Clinical Research, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4788-5649

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• Hussein Alburkat,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Departments of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Al-Muthanna University, Samawah, Iraq

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• Teemu Smura,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departments of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Lauri Kareinen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departments of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Ravi Kant,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Departments of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Tropical Parasitology, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdynia, Poland

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• Essi M. Korhonen,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Departments of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Tamika J. Lunn,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GeorgiaUnited States of America

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• Moses Masika,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and KAVI Institute of Clinical Research, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Paul W. Webala,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Maasai Mara University, Narok, Kenya

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• Philip Nyaga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Omu Anzala,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and KAVI Institute of Clinical Research, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Olli Vapalahti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Departments of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, HUS Diagnostic Center, Virology and Immunology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Kristian M. Forbes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

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• Tarja A. Sironen

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Departments of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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