Neglected human Rickettsia felis infection in Taiwan: A retrospective seroepidemiological survey of patients with suspected rickettsioses

• Wan-Hsiu Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wan-Hsiu Yang, Meng-Shiuan Hsu, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tai Fang

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-4194

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• Meng-Shiuan Hsu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wan-Hsiu Yang, Meng-Shiuan Hsu, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tai Fang

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Healthcare Administration, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9331-9333

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• Pei-Yun Shu,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Kun-Hsien Tsai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wan-Hsiu Yang, Meng-Shiuan Hsu, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tai Fang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kunhtsai@ntu.edu.tw (K-HT); fangct@ntu.edu.tw (C-TF)

  Affiliations Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-113X

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• Chi-Tai Fang

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wan-Hsiu Yang, Meng-Shiuan Hsu, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tai Fang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kunhtsai@ntu.edu.tw (K-HT); fangct@ntu.edu.tw (C-TF)

  Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7380-1699

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