Ecology and distribution of Leptospira spp., reservoir hosts and environmental interaction in Sri Lanka, with identification of a new strain

• Vincent Sluydts ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: vincent.sluydts@uantwerpen.be

  Affiliations Julius Kühn-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests, Vertebrate Research, Münster, Germany, University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5213-851X

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• Siriwardana Rampalage Sarathchandra,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rice Research and Development Institute, Batalagoda, Ibbagamuwa, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

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• Anna Pia Piscitelli,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Natalie Van Houtte,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Sophie Gryseels,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Anne Mayer-Scholl,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department of Biological Safety, Berlin, Germany

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• Nadja Seyhan Bier,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department of Biological Safety, Berlin, Germany

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• Nyo Me Htwe,

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

  Affiliation University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Jens Jacob

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Julius Kühn-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests, Vertebrate Research, Münster, Germany

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