An adjuvant formulation containing Toll-like Receptor 7 agonist stimulates protection against morbidity and mortality due to Anaplasma marginale in a highly endemic region of west Africa

• James E. Futse ,

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

  * E-mail: jefutse@ug.edu.gh

  Affiliation Animal Disease Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9204-4945

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• Songliedong Zumor-Baligi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Animal Disease Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Charles N. K. Ashiagbor,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Animal Disease Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Susan M. Noh,

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

  Affiliations Animal Diseases Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8160-9074

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• Christopher B. Fox,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Access to Advanced Health Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Guy H. Palmer

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

  Affiliations Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Institute for Tropical Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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