Survey of Ixodes pacificus Ticks in California Reveals a Diversity of Microorganisms and a Novel and Widespread Anaplasmataceae Species

• Mark W. Eshoo ,

  * E-mail: mark.eshoo@abbott.com

  Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott Company, Carlsbad CA, United States of America

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• Heather E. Carolan,

  Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott Company, Carlsbad CA, United States of America

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• Christian Massire,

  Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott Company, Carlsbad CA, United States of America

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• Danny M. Chou,

  Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott Company, Carlsbad CA, United States of America

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• Chris D. Crowder,

  Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott Company, Carlsbad CA, United States of America

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• Megan A. Rounds,

  Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott Company, Carlsbad CA, United States of America

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• Curtis A. Phillipson,

  Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott Company, Carlsbad CA, United States of America

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• Steven E. Schutzer,

  Affiliation Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Dept. of Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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• David J. Ecker

  Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott Company, Carlsbad CA, United States of America

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