to uproot swathes of plantations in disease hotspots in western Rwanda with plans to reintroduce the crop after a few years of fallow \[[@pone.0213691.ref062]\]. In contrast, production zones in Tanzania are distant from each other, preventing the spread of XW.

Clusters of XW hotspots were also visible in the Kagera region of Tanzania, central and eastern regions of Uganda, the western part of Burundi and in the western part of Kenya on the border with Uganda. This could be attributed to the rapid rate of spread over short distances (e.g. though contaminated farm tools, insect vectors, small ruminants, infected planting materials and rain splashes/floods).

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Apart from the endemic zones in the AGLR and Ethiopia, northern Mozambique was perceived to be at a very highput together.

Once the penalties expired, the Leafs cashed in twice in a two minute span. First it was Joffrey Lupul to opent the scoring, then Cody Franson on the power play – created by a Matt Carkner interference penalty. Just like that is was 2-0 Leafs and the Islanders had their work cut out for them.

To get the team fired up, both Carkner and Matt Martin dropped the gloves in succession to try and ‘get the team going.’ The Leafs carry a couple of fighters to begin with, so maybe it was inevitable, but Coach Capuano and a few Islanders credited the pair of fights with picking the team up.

Whether the fights were the cause or not, the effect was clear; the team woke up and took control