Phylogeography of Borrelia spirochetes in Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes spinipalpis ticks highlights differential acarological risk of tick-borne disease transmission in northern versus southern California

• Ian Rose,

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

  Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

  Affiliation California Department of Public Health, Vector-Borne Disease Section, Richmond, CA, United States of America

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• Melissa Hardstone Yoshimizu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation California Department of Public Health, Vector-Borne Disease Section, Richmond, CA, United States of America

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• Denise L. Bonilla,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

  Affiliation California Department of Public Health, Vector-Borne Disease Section, Richmond, CA, United States of America

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• Natalia Fedorova,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America

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• Robert S. Lane,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America

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• Kerry A. Padgett

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Kerry.Padgett@cdph.ca.gov

  Affiliation California Department of Public Health, Vector-Borne Disease Section, Richmond, CA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9535-3401

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