A metatranscriptomic analysis of diseased social wasps (Vespula vulgaris) for pathogens, with an experimental infection of larvae and nests

• Oliver Quinn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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• Monica A. M. Gruber,

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

  Affiliations Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, Pacific Biosecurity, Victoria Link Limited, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6780-8838

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• Robert L. Brown,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biodiversity and Conservation, Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2294-5721

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• James W. Baty,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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• Mariana Bulgarella,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7582-8529

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• Philip J. Lester

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

  * E-mail: phil.lester@vuw.ac.nz

  Affiliations Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, Pacific Biosecurity, Victoria Link Limited, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1801-5687

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