Molecular survey of cattle ticks in Burundi: First report on the presence of the invasive Rhipicephalus microplus tick

• Lionel Nyabongo ,

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

  * E-mail: lyonnel3@yahoo.fr

  Affiliations Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Biology, University of Nairobi (UoN), Nairobi, Kenya, Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Nairobi, Kenya, National Veterinary Laboratory of Bujumbura, Bujumbura, Burundi

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-6323

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• David O. Odongo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Biology, University of Nairobi (UoN), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Gad Milton,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Tick Unit, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3557-6523

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• Eunice Machuka,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Patrick Vudriko,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Roger Pelle,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Esther G. Kanduma

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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