Molecular Detection and Identification of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks Collected from the West Bank, Palestinian Territories

• Suheir Ereqat ,

  * E-mail: sereqat@staff.alquds.edu

  Affiliations Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Abu Deis, the West Bank, Palestinian territories, Al-Quds Public Health Society, Jerusalem, Palestinian territories

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• Abedelmajeed Nasereddin,

  Affiliation Al-Quds Public Health Society, Jerusalem, Palestinian territories

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• Amer Al-Jawabreh,

  Affiliations Al-Quds Public Health Society, Jerusalem, Palestinian territories, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine

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• Kifaya Azmi,

  Affiliations Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Abu Deis, the West Bank, Palestinian territories, Al-Quds Public Health Society, Jerusalem, Palestinian territories

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• Shimon Harrus,

  Affiliation Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

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• Kosta Mumcuoglu,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Hebrew University - The Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Dimtry Apanaskevich,

  Affiliation United States National Tick Collection, Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States of America

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• Ziad Abdeen

  Affiliation Al-Quds Public Health Society, Jerusalem, Palestinian territories

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