Molecular surveillance for Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in ticks from Northern Iran

Ahmad Ghasemi; Mina Latifian; Saber Esmaeili; Saied Reza Naddaf; Ehsan Mostafavi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0278579

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Molecular surveillance for Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in ticks from Northern Iran

Ahmad Ghasemi ,

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

¶‡ AG and ML contributed equally to this project and should be considered co-first authors.

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Research Center of Reference Health Laboratories, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran, National Reference Laboratory for Plague, Tularemia and Q Fever, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Akanlu, KabudarAhang, Hamadan, Iran
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Mina Latifian ,

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

¶‡ AG and ML contributed equally to this project and should be considered co-first authors.

Affiliations National Reference Laboratory for Plague, Tularemia and Q Fever, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Akanlu, KabudarAhang, Hamadan, Iran, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Saber Esmaeili,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliations National Reference Laboratory for Plague, Tularemia and Q Fever, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Akanlu, KabudarAhang, Hamadan, Iran, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Saied Reza Naddaf,

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Ehsan Mostafavi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mostafaviehsan@gmail.com

Affiliations National Reference Laboratory for Plague, Tularemia and Q Fever, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Akanlu, KabudarAhang, Hamadan, Iran, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-517X

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Molecular surveillance for Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in ticks from Northern Iran

Ahmad Ghasemi,
Mina Latifian,
Saber Esmaeili,
Saied Reza Naddaf,
Ehsan Mostafavi

Published: December 7, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278579

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