Khethiwe Mtshali:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3493-4066
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: Writing – original
draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Zamantungwa Thobeka Happiness Khumalo:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7923-5077
Role: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Stanford Kwenda: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: SoftwareRole: VisualizationRole: Writing
– review & editing
Ismail Arshad:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4672-5915
Role: Data curation
Oriel Matlahane Molifi Thekisoe: Role: ConceptualizationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Peter Gyarmati: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
31
August
2022
Publication date Collection: 2022
Volume: 17
Issue: 8
Electronic Location Identifier: e0273799
Affiliations
[1
]
Biomedical Sciences Department, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South
Africa
[2
]
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom,
South Africa
[3
]
Faculty of Veterinary Science, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University
of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
[4
]
Study Management, ClinVet International, Bainsvlei, Bloemfontein, South Africa
[5
]
Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health
Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
[6
]
Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Engineering and Agriculture,
University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
University of Illinois College of Medicine, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Zamantungwa Thobeka Happiness Khumalo
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7923-5077
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-21-40353
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273799
PMC ID: 9432762
PubMed ID: 36044481
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Funded by:
National Research Foundation (RSA)
Award ID: 107416
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3493-4066
Khethiwe Mtshali
K received funding from the National Research Foundation – Thuthuka PhD Track Funding
Instrument in collaboration with the Tshwane University of Technology, unique grant
No. 107416. The funders did not play any role in the study design, data collection
and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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