Bat-associated ticks as a potential link for vector-borne pathogen transmission between bats and other animals

• Tamara Szentiványi ,

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

  * E-mail: tamaraszentivanyi@gmail.com

  Current address: HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8123-0374

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• Nóra Takács,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary, HUN-REN-UVMB Climate Change: New Blood-Sucking Parasites and Vector-Borne Pathogens Research Group, Budapest, Hungary

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• Attila D. Sándor,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations HUN-REN-UVMB Climate Change: New Blood-Sucking Parasites and Vector-Borne Pathogens Research Group, Budapest, Hungary, STAR-UBB Institute, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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• Áron Péter,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary

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• Sándor A. Boldogh,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aggtelek National Park Directorate, Jósvafő, Hungary

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• Dávid Kováts,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hungarian Biodiversity Research Society, Budapest, Hungary

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• Jeffrey T. Foster,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Péter Estók,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary

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• Sándor Hornok

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

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary, HUN-REN-UVMB Climate Change: New Blood-Sucking Parasites and Vector-Borne Pathogens Research Group, Budapest, Hungary

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