Risk Factors for Bartonella species Infection in Blood Donors from Southeast Brazil

• Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva Diniz,

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

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• Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho,

  Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas, Medical School (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Luiza Helena Urso Pitassi,

  Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas, Medical School (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Marina Rovani Drummond,

  Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas, Medical School (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Bruno Grosselli Lania,

  Affiliation Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas, Medical School (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Maria Lourdes Barjas-Castro,

  Affiliation Hematologia e Hemoterapia (HEMOCENTRO), Department of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Stanley Sowy,

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

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• Edward B. Breitschwerdt,

  Affiliation Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Diana Gerardi Scorpio

  * E-mail: Diana.scorpio@nih.gov

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies

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