Whole animal matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry of ticks – Are spectra of Ixodes ricinus nymphs influenced by environmental, spatial, and temporal factors?

• Axel Karger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

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• Barbara Bettin,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

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• Joern M. Gethmann,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7455-803X

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• Christine Klaus

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: christine.klaus@fli.de

  Affiliation Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Jena, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5359-8243

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