Pathogens, endosymbionts, and blood-meal sources of host-seeking ticks in the fast-changing Maasai Mara wildlife ecosystem

• Joseph Wang’ang’a Oundo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Jandouwe Villinger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Maamun Jeneby,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

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• George Ong’amo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Moses Yongo Otiende,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Forensic and Genetics Laboratory, Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Edward Edmond Makhulu,

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

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Egerton University, Egerton, Kenya

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• Ali Abdulahi Musa,

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

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Daniel Obado Ouso,

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

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Lillian Wambua

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

  * E-mail: wambua.lillian@gmail.com

  Current address: International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3632-7411

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