Small Mammal Investigation in Spotted Fever Focus with DNA-Barcoding and Taxonomic Implications on Rodents Species from Hainan of China

Liang Lu; Douglas Chesters; Wen Zhang; Guichang Li; Ying Ma; Huailei Ma; Xiuping Song; Haixia Wu; Fengxia Meng; Chaodong Zhu; Qiyong Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043479

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Small Mammal Investigation in Spotted Fever Focus with DNA-Barcoding and Taxonomic Implications on Rodents Species from Hainan of China

Liang Lu,

Affiliations Department of Vector Biology and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Douglas Chesters,

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wen Zhang,

Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Guichang Li,

Affiliations Department of Vector Biology and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Ying Ma,

Affiliations Department of Vector Biology and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China, QingHai Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Xining, Qinghai, China
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Huailei Ma,

Affiliations Department of Vector Biology and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Xiuping Song,

Affiliations Department of Vector Biology and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Haixia Wu,

Affiliations Department of Vector Biology and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Fengxia Meng,

Affiliations Department of Vector Biology and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Chaodong Zhu,

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Qiyong Liu

* E-mail: liuqiyong@icdc.cn

Affiliations Department of Vector Biology and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Beijing, China
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Small Mammal Investigation in Spotted Fever Focus with DNA-Barcoding and Taxonomic Implications on Rodents Species from Hainan of China

Liang Lu,
Douglas Chesters,
Wen Zhang,
Guichang Li,
Ying Ma,
Huailei Ma,
Xiuping Song,
Haixia Wu,
Fengxia Meng,
Chaodong Zhu

Published: August 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043479

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