Molecular investigation of tick-borne pathogens in ticks removed from tick-bitten humans in the southwestern region of the Republic of Korea

• Mi Seon Bang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mi Seon Bang, Choon-Mee Kim

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

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• Choon-Mee Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mi Seon Bang, Choon-Mee Kim

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Premedical Science, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

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• Sang-Hyun Pyun,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Graduate School of Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

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• Dong-Min Kim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: drongkim@chosun.ac.kr

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6373-0922

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• Na Ra Yun

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

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