Detection of pathogenic bacteria in ticks from Isiolo and Kwale counties of Kenya using metagenomics

• Bryson Brian Kimemia ,

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

  * E-mail: brianbryson39@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa (USAMRD-A), Nairobi, Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4549-4484

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• Lillian Musila,

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

  Affiliations Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa (USAMRD-A), Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Microbiology Research, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Solomon Langat,

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

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Virus Research, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Erick Odoyo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa (USAMRD-A), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Stephanie Cinkovich,

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

  Affiliation United States Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Branch, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• David Abuom,

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

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa (USAMRD-A), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Santos Yalwala,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa (USAMRD-A), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Samoel Khamadi,

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

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Virus Research, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3050-5977

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• Jaree Johnson,

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

  Affiliation United States Armed Forces Pest Management Board, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Eric Garges,

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

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa (USAMRD-A), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Elly Ojwang,

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

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa (USAMRD-A), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Fredrick Eyase

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

  Affiliations Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa (USAMRD-A), Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Virus Research, Nairobi, Kenya

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