A survey of argasid ticks and tick-associated pathogens in the Peripheral Oases around Tarim Basin and the first record of Argas japonicus in Xinjiang, China

• Li Zhao,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Animal Science, Tarim University; Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar, People’s Republic of China

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• Xiang-Mei Lin,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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• Fei Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations College of Animal Science, Tarim University; Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar, People’s Republic of China, Animal Loimia Controlling and Diagnostic Center of Aksu Region, People’s Republic of China

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• Kai-Rui Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation College of Animal Science, Tarim University; Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar, People’s Republic of China

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• Bo He,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation College of Animal Science, Tarim University; Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar, People’s Republic of China

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• Lu-Yao Zhang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation College of Animal Science, Tarim University; Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar, People’s Republic of China

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• Jiao-Jiao Pan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation College of Animal Science, Tarim University; Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar, People’s Republic of China

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• Qiang-Rong Wang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation College of Animal Science, Tarim University; Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar, People’s Republic of China

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• Jia-Min Gao,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation College of Animal Science, Tarim University; Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar, People’s Republic of China

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• Nicholas Johnson,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, Surrey, United Kingdom

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• Xiang-Fen Yuan,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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• Ji-Zhou Lv ,

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

  * E-mail: lyhdky@126.com (Liu Y); sqwu@sina.com (Wu S); lvjz@caiq.gov.cn (Lv J)

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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• Shao-Qiang Wu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lyhdky@126.com (Liu Y); sqwu@sina.com (Wu S); lvjz@caiq.gov.cn (Lv J)

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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• Yong-Hong Liu

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

  * E-mail: lyhdky@126.com (Liu Y); sqwu@sina.com (Wu S); lvjz@caiq.gov.cn (Lv J)

  Affiliation College of Animal Science, Tarim University; Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Alar, People’s Republic of China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4432-9433

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