Leptospira interrogans biofilm formation in Rattus norvegicus (Norway rats) natural reservoirs

• Ana Amélia Nunes Santos ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Biology, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

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• Priscyla dos Santos Ribeiro ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Biological Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7048-6999

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• Geórgia Virgínia da França,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Biology, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

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• Fábio Neves Souza,

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

  Affiliation Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3542-8918

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• Eduardo Antônio Gonçalves Ramos,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-8757

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• Cláudio Pereira Figueira,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Brazil

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• Mitermayer G. Reis,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Brazil, Faculty of Medicine of Bahia, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3051-9060

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• Federico Costa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fcosta2001@gmail.com

  Affiliation Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

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• Paula Ristow

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Biology, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8494-361X

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