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Distribution and molecular characterization of rickettsiae in ticks in Harbin area of Northeastern China

• Jian-Wei Shao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jian-Wei Shao, Xue-Lian Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

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• Xue-Lian Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jian-Wei Shao, Xue-Lian Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Key Laboratory for Preventive Research of Emerging Animal Diseases, College of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, P.R. China

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• Wen-Jun Li,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Key Laboratory for Preventive Research of Emerging Animal Diseases, College of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, P.R. China

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• Hui-Lan Huang,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Key Laboratory for Preventive Research of Emerging Animal Diseases, College of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, P.R. China

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• Jie Yan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: med_bp@zju.edu.cn

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2054-6986

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