Inter-epidemic seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever virus and associated risk factors in humans in Eastern Rwanda

• Isidore Nsengimana ,

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

  * E-mail: nnisidore1@gmail.com (IN); christopher.kasanga@sua.ac.tz (CJK)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Biotechnology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, SACIDS Africa Centre of Excellence for Infectious Diseases, SACIDS Foundation for One Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, Rwanda Inspectorate, Competition and Consumer Protection Authority, Kigali, Rwanda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0586-3029

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• David Kelvin,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics IWK, Faculty of Medicine, The Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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• Evodie Uwibambe,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Resource Research and Technology Transfer, Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), Huye, Rwanda

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• Edson Rwagasore,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Claude M. Muvunyi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Gillian Eastwood,

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

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Global Change Center at VT; and the Center for Emerging Zoonotic & Arthropod-borne Pathogens (CeZAP), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Augustino A. Chengula,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Biotechnology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Christopher J. Kasanga

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

  * E-mail: nnisidore1@gmail.com (IN); christopher.kasanga@sua.ac.tz (CJK)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Biotechnology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

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