Seroprevalence for the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae among small and medium sized mammals of Texas

• Brittany A. Armstrong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Alexander Kneubehl,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Aparna Krishnavajhala,

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

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Hannah K. Wilder,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  Current address: Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Barron Bacteriology, Barron, Wisconsin, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

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• William Boyle,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Edward Wozniak,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas State Guard, Medical Brigade, Uvalde, Texas, United States of America

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• Carson Phillips,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas Department of State Health Services, Zoonosis, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

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• Kristen Hollywood,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas Department of State Health Services, Zoonosis, Midland, Texas, United States of America

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• Kristy O. Murray,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Taylor G. Donaldson,

  Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Pete D. Teel,

  Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Ken Waldrup,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas Department of State Health Services, Zoonosis, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

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• Job E. Lopez

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: job.lopez@bcm.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4802-5779

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