Prevalence, distribution, and phylogenetics of the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae in the soft tick Ornithodoros turicata americanus in Florida

• Nicholas Canino,

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

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Carson W. Torhorst,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Sebastian Botero-Cañola,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Kristen N. Wilson,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Samantha M. Wisely

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wisely@ufl.edu

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1748-4518

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