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Prevalence of zoonotic nematode Calodium hepaticum varies with small mammal community diversity across a heterogenous landscape in Eastern Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2026

Emilia Johnson*
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health, and Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, UK
Diana Ajambo
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Maria Capstick
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health, and Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, UK
Moses Arinaitwe
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health, and Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, UK Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Olivia Ericsson
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health, and Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, UK
Fred Besigye
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Jayna Raghwani
Affiliation:
Royal Veterinary College, Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Hawkshead, UK
Tristan P W Dennis
Affiliation:
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool, UK
Ronald Bogere
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Andrina Nankasi Barungi
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Alon Atuhire
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Candia Rowell
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Namukuta Annet
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Asmin Mohamed
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Moses Adriko
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Poppy H L Lamberton
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health, and Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, UK
Edridah Tukahebwa
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda
Kathryn J Allan
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health, and Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, UK
Christina L Faust
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health, and Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, UK
*
Corresponding author: Emilia Johnson emilia.johnson@glasgow.ac.uk
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