An integrated overview of the midgut bacterial flora composition of Phlebotomus perniciosus, a vector of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in the Western Mediterranean Basin

• Wael Fraihi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wael Fraihi, Wasfi Fares, Pascale Perrin

  Affiliations Laboratory of Vector Ecology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Laboratory of Microorganisms and Active Biomolecules, University of Tunis-El Manar, Faculty of Sciences, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Wasfi Fares ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wael Fraihi, Wasfi Fares, Pascale Perrin

  Affiliation Laboratory of Vector Ecology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Pascale Perrin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wael Fraihi, Wasfi Fares, Pascale Perrin

  Affiliation MIVEGEC/Université de Montpellier CNRS/UMR 5244/IRD 224 - Centre IRD, Montpellier, France

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• Franck Dorkeld,

  Affiliation INRA - UMR 1062 CBGP (INRA, IRD, CIRAD), Montpellier SupAgro, Montferrier-Sur-Lez, France

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• Denis Sereno ,

  * E-mail: elyes.zhioua@gmail.com (EZ); denis.sereno@ird.fr (DS)

  Affiliations MIVEGEC/Université de Montpellier CNRS/UMR 5244/IRD 224 - Centre IRD, Montpellier, France, UMR177, Centre IRD de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

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• Walid Barhoumi,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Vector Ecology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Imed Sbissi,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microorganisms and Active Biomolecules, University of Tunis-El Manar, Faculty of Sciences, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Saifedine Cherni,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Vector Ecology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Ifhem Chelbi,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Vector Ecology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Ravi Durvasula,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Global Health, Department of Internal Medicine, UNM School of Medicine Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao,

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Maher Gtari,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microorganisms and Active Biomolecules, University of Tunis-El Manar, Faculty of Sciences, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Elyes Zhioua

  * E-mail: elyes.zhioua@gmail.com (EZ); denis.sereno@ird.fr (DS)

  Affiliation Laboratory of Vector Ecology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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