First report of Providencia rettgeri, Colpodella spp., Ehrlichia spp., and Rickettsia hoogstraalii in ticks infesting goats of Pakistan

Shakir Ullah; Hafsa Sher; Raquel Cossío-Bayúgar; Ioannis A. Giantsis; Sumbal Haleem; Sadaf Niaz; Michael E. von Fricken; Adil Khan

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0014060

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First report of Providencia rettgeri, Colpodella spp., Ehrlichia spp., and Rickettsia hoogstraalii in ticks infesting goats of Pakistan

Shakir Ullah ,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

¶☯These authors are equally contributing co-first authors

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Pakistan
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Hafsa Sher ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¶☯These authors are equally contributing co-first authors

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Pakistan
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Raquel Cossío-Bayúgar,

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Salud Animal e Inocuidad, INIFAP, Carretera Federal Cuernavaca‑ Cuautla, Col. Progreso, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico
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Ioannis A. Giantsis,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Sumbal Haleem,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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Sadaf Niaz,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Pakistan
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Michael E. von Fricken ,

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

* E-mail: mvonf@ufl.edu (MEVF), dradilkhan@bkuc.edu.pk (AK)

Affiliation Department of Environmental & Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2938-4549

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Adil Khan

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mvonf@ufl.edu (MEVF), dradilkhan@bkuc.edu.pk (AK)

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Bacha Khan University Charsadda, Charsadda, Pakistan
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First report of Providencia rettgeri, Colpodella spp., Ehrlichia spp., and Rickettsia hoogstraalii in ticks infesting goats of Pakistan

Shakir Ullah,
Hafsa Sher,
Raquel Cossío-Bayúgar,
Ioannis A. Giantsis,
Sumbal Haleem,
Sadaf Niaz,
Michael E. von Fricken,
Adil Khan

Published: March 9, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014060

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