About the Authors
- Joshua Kiilu Muli
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya
- Johnstone O. Neondo
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology Research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
- Peter K. Kamau
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui, Kenya
- George N. Michuki
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Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation The African Genomics Centre and Consultancy, Nairobi, Kenya
- Eddy Odari
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
- Nancy L. M. Budambula
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: budambula.nancy@embuni.ac.ke
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya
Competing Interests
Author George N. Michuki is an employee of Africa Genomics Center and Consultancy, a commercial entity that is based in Nairobi, Kenya. The entity provides NGS sequencing and bioinformatic support. Sequencing in this study was done in Hong Kong at BGI Tech Solutions Ltd with knowledge and consent from all authors. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.