Nasopulmonary mites (Acari: Halarachnidae) as potential vectors of bacterial pathogens, including Streptococcus phocae, in marine mammals

• Risa Pesapane ,

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

  * E-mail: pesapane.1@osu.edu

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, School of Environment and Natural Resources, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9318-9911

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• Andrea Chaves,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Janet Foley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Nadia Javeed,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Samantha Barnum,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Katherine Greenwald,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0918-2459

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• Erin Dodd,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

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• Christine Fontaine,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, California, United States of America

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• Padraig Duignan,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, California, United States of America

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• Michael Murray,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California, United States of America

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• Melissa Miller

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

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