Delayed correlation between the incidence rate of indigenous murine typhus in humans and the seropositive rate of Rickettsia typhi infection in small mammals in Taiwan from 2007–2019

• Pai-Shan Chiang,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

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

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• Shin-Wei Su,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Su-Lin Yang,

  Roles Investigation

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

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• Pei-Yun Shu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

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

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• Wang-Ping Lee,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Division of Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shu-Ying Li,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

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

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• Hwa-Jen Teng

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hjteng@cdc.gov.tw

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7849-2346

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