Detection, Prevalence and Phylogenetic Relationships of Demodex spp and further Skin Prostigmata Mites (Acari, Arachnida) in Wild and Domestic Mammals

Natalia Sastre; Olga Francino; Joseph N. Curti; Tiffany C. Armenta; Devaughn L. Fraser; Rochelle M. Kelly; Erin Hunt; Katja Silbermayr; Christine Zewe; Armand Sánchez; Lluís Ferrer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165765

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Detection, Prevalence and Phylogenetic Relationships of Demodex spp and further Skin Prostigmata Mites (Acari, Arachnida) in Wild and Domestic Mammals

Natalia Sastre ,

* E-mail: natalia.sastre@uab.cat

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Servei Veterinari de Genètica Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Olga Francino,

Affiliation Servei Veterinari de Genètica Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Joseph N. Curti,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Tiffany C. Armenta,

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Colorado, United States of America
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Devaughn L. Fraser,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Rochelle M. Kelly,

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Erin Hunt,

Affiliation California Wolf Center, Julian, California, United States of America
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Katja Silbermayr,

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Parasitology, Vetmeduni Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Christine Zewe,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Armand Sánchez,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Lluís Ferrer

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Detection, Prevalence and Phylogenetic Relationships of Demodex spp and further Skin Prostigmata Mites (Acari, Arachnida) in Wild and Domestic Mammals

Natalia Sastre,
Olga Francino,
Joseph N. Curti,
Tiffany C. Armenta,
Devaughn L. Fraser,
Rochelle M. Kelly,
Erin Hunt,
Katja Silbermayr,
Christine Zewe,
Armand Sánchez

Published: November 1, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165765

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