Prevalence of tick infestation and molecular characterization of spotted fever Rickettsia massiliae in Rhipicephalus species parasitizing domestic small ruminants in north-central Nigeria

• Nusirat Elelu,

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

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

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• Shola David Ola-Fadunsin ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: olafadunsin.sd@unilorin.edu.ng

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2265-2494

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• Adefolake Ayinke Bankole,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation School of Health, Sport and Bioscience, University of East London, London, United Kingdom

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• Mashood Abiola Raji,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

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• Ndudim Isaac Ogo,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria

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• Sally Jane Cutler

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health, Sport and Bioscience, University of East London, London, United Kingdom

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