The fungus Leptosphaerulina persists in Anopheles gambiae and induces melanization

• Godfrey Nattoh ,

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

  * E-mail: gindinda@icipe.org

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1573-2477

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• Joel L. Bargul,

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

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8573-6807

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• Gabriel Magoma,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Lilian Mbaisi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Hellen Butungi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, Wits Research Institute for Malaria, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Enock Mararo,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1324-7825

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• Evan Teal,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Jeremy Keith Herren

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

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