Wide Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Babesia microti in Small Mammals from Yunnan Province, Southwestern China

• Zi-Hou Gao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zi-Hou Gao, Tao-Hua Huang, Bao-Gui Jiang

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, Yunnan, P.R., China

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• Tao-Hua Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zi-Hou Gao, Tao-Hua Huang, Bao-Gui Jiang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, Yunnan, P.R., China

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• Bao-Gui Jiang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zi-Hou Gao, Tao-Hua Huang, Bao-Gui Jiang

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, P. R., China

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• Na Jia,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, P. R., China

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• Zheng-Xiang Liu,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, Yunnan, P.R., China

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• Zong-Ti Shao,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, Yunnan, P.R., China

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• Rui-Ruo Jiang,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, P. R., China

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• Hong-Bo Liu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, P. R., China

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• Ran Wei,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, P. R., China

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• Yu-Qiong Li,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, Yunnan, P.R., China

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• Hong-Wu Yao,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Chinese PLA General Hospital (301 Hospital), Beijing, P.R., China

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• Michael E. von Fricken,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations George Mason University, Dept. of Global and Community Health, Fairfax, VA, United States of America, Duke University, Duke Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Durham N.C., United States of America

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• Jia-Fu Jiang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jiangjf2008@gmail.com (JFJ); dch6890728@163.com (CHD); caowc@bmi.ac.cn (WCC)

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, P. R., China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-7450

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• Chun-Hong Du ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation

  * E-mail: jiangjf2008@gmail.com (JFJ); dch6890728@163.com (CHD); caowc@bmi.ac.cn (WCC)

  Affiliation Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, Yunnan, P.R., China

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• Wu-Chun Cao

  Roles Supervision

  * E-mail: jiangjf2008@gmail.com (JFJ); dch6890728@163.com (CHD); caowc@bmi.ac.cn (WCC)

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, P. R., China

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