Phlebotomine sand fly fauna characterization and Bartonella bacilliformis DNA detection in Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) robusta at the Ecuador-Peru frontier

• Victor O. Zorrilla ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Victor O. Zorrilla, Andrés Carrazco-Montalvo

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

  * E-mail: victor.o.zorrilla.ln@health.mil

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH, Bellavista, Peru

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2194-9867

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• Andrés Carrazco-Montalvo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Victor O. Zorrilla, Andrés Carrazco-Montalvo

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

  Affiliations Laboratorio de Entomología Médica & Medicina Tropical LEMMT, Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Cumbayá, Quito, Ecuador, Centro de Referencia Nacional de Genómica, Secuenciación y Bioinformática, Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública “Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez”, Quito, Ecuador

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• Liz J. Espada,

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

  Affiliations Department of Entomology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH, Bellavista, Peru, Culmen International LLC, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America

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• Leonardo Fárez-Noblecilla,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Entomología 07D02, Machala-Salud, Ministerio de Salud Pública, Machala, El Oro, Ecuador

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• Marisa E. Lozano,

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

  Affiliations Department of Entomology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH, Bellavista, Peru, Culmen International LLC, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America

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• Michael Kosoy,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KB One Health LLC, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Clifton McKee,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Craig A. Stoops,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: BDAACH, Public Health, Entomology, Pyeongtaek, South Korea

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH, Bellavista, Peru

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• Ryan T. Larson,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current affiliation: Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH, Bellavista, Peru

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• Renato León,

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

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Entomología Médica & Medicina Tropical LEMMT, Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Cumbayá, Quito, Ecuador

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• Gissella M. Vásquez

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

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH, Bellavista, Peru

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