About the Authors

Immaculate M. Mungai

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

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Mammalogy, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Nathan Gichuki

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Dorcus A.O. Sigana

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Benard Agwanda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Mammalogy, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Patrick Chiyo

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Vincent Obanda

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Laboratories, Wildlife Research and Training Institute, Naivasha, Kenya

Olivia Wesula Lwande

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

olivia.lwande@umu.se

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Microbiology Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.