Molecular identification of tick-borne Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Babesia, and Colpodella in confiscated Malayan pangolins

Bing Li; Jun-Qiong Zhai; Ya-Jiang Wu; Fen Shan; Jie-Jian Zou; Fang-Hui Hou; Teng-Cheng Que; Wu Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0012667

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Molecular identification of tick-borne Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Babesia, and Colpodella in confiscated Malayan pangolins

Bing Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Li, Jun-Qiong Zhai

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

Affiliation School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China
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Jun-Qiong Zhai ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Li, Jun-Qiong Zhai

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

Affiliation Guangzhou Zoo & Guangzhou Wildlife Research Center, Guangzhou, China
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Ya-Jiang Wu,

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

Affiliation Guangzhou Zoo & Guangzhou Wildlife Research Center, Guangzhou, China
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Fen Shan,

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Guangzhou Zoo & Guangzhou Wildlife Research Center, Guangzhou, China
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Jie-Jian Zou,

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Guangdong provincial wildlife rescue center, Guangzhou, China
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Fang-Hui Hou,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Guangdong provincial wildlife rescue center, Guangzhou, China
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Teng-Cheng Que,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Faculty of Data Science, City University of Macau, Macau, China
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Wu Chen

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

* E-mail: guangzhouchenwu@sina.com

Affiliation Guangzhou Zoo & Guangzhou Wildlife Research Center, Guangzhou, China
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Molecular identification of tick-borne Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Babesia, and Colpodella in confiscated Malayan pangolins

Bing Li,
Jun-Qiong Zhai,
Ya-Jiang Wu,
Fen Shan,
Jie-Jian Zou,
Fang-Hui Hou,
Teng-Cheng Que,
Wu Chen

Published: November 22, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012667

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