Confirmation of a hyperendemic focus of porcine cysticercosis in Northern Uganda: Prevalence and risk factor analysis

• Nicholas Ngwili ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Salaviriuse Ahimbisibwe ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Max Korir,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Stephen Bole,

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

  Affiliations Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Clovice Kankya,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Alfred Kinyera,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation District Veterinary Office, Kitgum District Local Government, Kitgum, Uganda

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• Stanely Vusso Avudraga,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation District Veterinary Office, Lamwo District Local Government, Lamwo, Uganda

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• Robert Saverio Okeny,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation District Veterinary Office, Pader District Local Government, Pader, Uganda

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• Robert Kenny Okwera,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation District Veterinary Office, Agago District Local Government, Agago, Uganda

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• Emily Ouma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation People, Policies and InstitutionsProgram, International Livestock Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda

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• Ian Dohoo,

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

  Affiliation Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada

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• Lian F. Thomas

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

  * E-mail: lthomas8@ed.ac.uk

  Affiliations Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8447-1210

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