Comparative analysis of the gut microbiota of sand fly vectors of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) in Iran; host-environment interplay shapes diversity

• Fateh Karimian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

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• Mona Koosha,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Nayyereh Choubdar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Mohammad Ali Oshaghi

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: moshaghi@sina.tums.ac.ir

  Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-0364

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