Domestic dogs in indigenous Amazonian communities: Key players in Leptospira cycling and transmission?

• Diego A. Guzmán,

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

  Affiliation Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9323-9130

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• Eduardo Diaz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador

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• Carolina Sáenz,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hospital de Fauna Silvestre TUERI, Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador

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• Hernán Álvarez,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society–Ecuador Program, Quito, Ecuador

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• Rubén Cueva,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society–Ecuador Program, Quito, Ecuador

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• Galo Zapata-Ríos,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society–Ecuador Program, Quito, Ecuador

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• Belén Prado-Vivar,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Mueller Lab, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

  Affiliation Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

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• Mercy Falconí,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitario-Agrocalidad, Quito, Ecuador

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• Talima Pearson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: talima.pearson@nau.edu (TP); vbarragan@usfq.edu.ec (VB)

  Affiliation Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

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• Veronica Barragan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: talima.pearson@nau.edu (TP); vbarragan@usfq.edu.ec (VB)

  Affiliation Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2205-3010

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