Examination of Sarcocystis spp. of giant snakes from Australia and Southeast Asia confirms presence of a known pathogen – Sarcocystis nesbitti

• Marion Wassermann,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Division of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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• Lisa Raisch,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Division of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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• Jessica Ann Lyons,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Resource Evaluation and Development, Bamaga, Queensland, Australia

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• Daniel James Deans Natusch,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Sarah Richter,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Division of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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• Mareike Wirth,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Division of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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• Piyarat Preeprem,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Plant Protection Research and Development Office, Department of Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Yuvaluk Khoprasert,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Plant Protection Research and Development Office, Department of Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Sulaiman Ginting,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Islamic University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia

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• Ute Mackenstedt,

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

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Division of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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• Thomas Jäkel

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: thom.jaekel@t-online.de

  Affiliations Department of Zoology, Division of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Plant Protection Research and Development Office, Department of Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8039-5054

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