Phylogenetic relationships and diversity of bat-associated Leptospira and the histopathological evaluation of these infections in bats from Grenada, West Indies

• Amanda I. Bevans ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amanda I. Bevans, Daniel M. Fitzpatrick

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

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• Daniel M. Fitzpatrick ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amanda I. Bevans, Daniel M. Fitzpatrick

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1411-4178

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• Diana M. Stone,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

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• Brian P. Butler,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8554-2997

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• Maia P. Smith,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

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• Sonia Cheetham

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

  * E-mail: scheetha@sgu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0878-1222

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