Molecular and morphologic characterization of Trichuris trichiura infecting free-roaming African vervets (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) on the Caribbean Island of St. Kitts

• Travis Richins ,

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

  * E-mail: ofo9@cdc.gov (TR); joel.barratt@emory.edu (JLNB)

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Laboratory Science and Diagnostic Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0957-8058

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• Sarah G. H. Sapp,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Laboratory Science and Diagnostic Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jennifer K. Ketzis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical Sciences, One Health Center for Zoonoses & Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, Saint Kitts

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• Arve Lee Willingham,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Samson Mukaratirwa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical Sciences, One Health Center for Zoonoses & Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, Saint Kitts

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• Yvonne Qvarnstrom,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Laboratory Science and Diagnostic Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Joel L. N. Barratt

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

  * E-mail: ofo9@cdc.gov (TR); joel.barratt@emory.edu (JLNB)

  Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Laboratory Science and Diagnostic Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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