An Efficient Strategy of Screening for Pathogens in Wild-Caught Ticks and Mosquitoes by Reusing Small RNA Deep Sequencing Data

Lu Zhuang; Zhiyi Zhang; Xiaoping An; Hang Fan; Maijuan Ma; Benjamin D. Anderson; Jiafu Jiang; Wei Liu; Wuchun Cao; Yigang Tong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090831

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An Efficient Strategy of Screening for Pathogens in Wild-Caught Ticks and Mosquitoes by Reusing Small RNA Deep Sequencing Data

Lu Zhuang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lu Zhuang, Zhiyi Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Fengtai District, Beijing, P. R. China
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Zhiyi Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lu Zhuang, Zhiyi Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Fengtai District, Beijing, P. R. China
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Xiaoping An,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Fengtai District, Beijing, P. R. China
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Hang Fan,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Fengtai District, Beijing, P. R. China
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Maijuan Ma,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Fengtai District, Beijing, P. R. China
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Benjamin D. Anderson,

Affiliation College of Public Health and Health Professions, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Jiafu Jiang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Fengtai District, Beijing, P. R. China
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Wei Liu,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Fengtai District, Beijing, P. R. China
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Wuchun Cao ,

* E-mail: caowc@nic.bmi.ac.cn (WC); tong.yigang@gmail.com (YT)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Fengtai District, Beijing, P. R. China
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Yigang Tong

* E-mail: caowc@nic.bmi.ac.cn (WC); tong.yigang@gmail.com (YT)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Fengtai District, Beijing, P. R. China
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An Efficient Strategy of Screening for Pathogens in Wild-Caught Ticks and Mosquitoes by Reusing Small RNA Deep Sequencing Data

Lu Zhuang,
Zhiyi Zhang,
Xiaoping An,
Hang Fan,
Maijuan Ma,
Benjamin D. Anderson,
Jiafu Jiang,
Wei Liu,
Wuchun Cao,
Yigang Tong

Published: March 11, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090831

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