A cross-sectional survey of hard ticks and molecular characterization of Rhipicephalus microplus parasitizing domestic animals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

• Muhammad Rooman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muhammad Rooman, Rehman Ali

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

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Yasir Assad,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Sadia Tabassum ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: saadia.tabassum81@gmail.com (ST); shahid@kust.edu.pk (SNK); rehmanali7680@gmail.com (RA)

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Samia Sultan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Garden Campus Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Sultan Ayaz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Abdul Wali Khan University Garden Campus Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Fiaz Khan,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Shahid Niaz Khan ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: saadia.tabassum81@gmail.com (ST); shahid@kust.edu.pk (SNK); rehmanali7680@gmail.com (RA)

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9690-9080

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• Rehman Ali

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muhammad Rooman, Rehman Ali

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: saadia.tabassum81@gmail.com (ST); shahid@kust.edu.pk (SNK); rehmanali7680@gmail.com (RA)

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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