Characterization of West Nile virus Koutango lineage from phlebotomine sandflies in Kenya

• Jane Wambui Thiiru ,

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

  * E-mail: janethiiru@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Institute for Biotechnology Research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0046-2147

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• Solomon Langat,

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

  Affiliation Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Francis Mulwa,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Stephanie Cinkovich,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Hellen Koka,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Santos Yalwala,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Samoel Khamadi,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Justus Onguso,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology Research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Nicholas Odemba,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Francis Ngere,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Jaree Johnson,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Timothy Egbo,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Eric Garges,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Elly Ojwang,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Fredrick Eyase

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

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

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