Optimization of tissue sampling for Borrelia burgdorferi in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)

• Sonya G. Zawada ,

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

  * E-mail: sonyazawada@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Science & Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-0068

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• Michael E. von Fricken,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2938-4549

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• Thomas A. Weppelmann,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7031-0069

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• Masoumeh Sikaroodi,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

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• Patrick M. Gillevet

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7734-5566

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