Molecular characterization and population genetics of Theileria parva in Burundi’s unvaccinated cattle: Towards the introduction of East Coast fever vaccine

• David Kalenzi Atuhaire ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David Kalenzi Atuhaire, Walter Muleya

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Walter Muleya ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David Kalenzi Atuhaire, Walter Muleya

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

  * E-mail: muleyawalter@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8874-3965

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• Victor Mbao,

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

  Affiliation International Development Research Centre, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Joseph Niyongabo ,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Veterinary Research Laboratory, Directorate of Animal Health, Bujumbura, Burundi

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• Lionel Nyabongo ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Veterinary Research Laboratory, Directorate of Animal Health, Bujumbura, Burundi

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• Deogratias Nsanganiyumwami ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Veterinary Research Laboratory, Directorate of Animal Health, Bujumbura, Burundi

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• Jeremy Salt,

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

  Affiliation Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik Edinburgh, Scotland

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• Boniface Namangala,

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

  Affiliation Department of Paraclinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Antony Jim Musoke

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation LMK Medical laboratories and Consultancies, Kampala, Uganda

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