Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA)

• Ali Hroobi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Science, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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• Gunavanthi D. Boorgula,

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

  Current address: Department of Pulmonary Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

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• David Gordon,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, United States of America

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• Jianfa Bai,

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

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

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• Doug Goodin,

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

  Affiliation Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

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• Gary Anderson,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medgene Labs, Paola, Kansas, United States of America

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• Savannah Wilson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

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• Alex Staggs,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

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• Ram K. Raghavan

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

  * E-mail: RaghavanRK@missouri.edu

  Affiliations Center for Vector-Borne and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Public Health, School of Health Professions, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2657-3398

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