Autofluorescence microscopy for paired-matched morphological and molecular identification of individual chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae), the vectors of scrub typhus

• Rawadee Kumlert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2655-6165

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• Kittipong Chaisiri,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Science Park IC2, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Tippawan Anantatat,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Alexandr A. Stekolnikov,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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• Serge Morand,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CNRS ISEM—CIRAD ASTRE, Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Anchana Prasartvit,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Benjamin L. Makepeace,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Science Park IC2, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Sungsit Sungvornyothin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Daniel H. Paris

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

  * E-mail: daniel.paris@swisstph.ch

  Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, Faculty of Medicine, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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