Science abhors a surveillance vacuum: Detection of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in southern New Mexico through passive surveillance

• Paige R. Harman,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1677-2943

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• Nicole L. Mendell,

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

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Maysee M. Harman,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Puck A. Draney,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Anna T. Boyle,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Matthew E. Gompper,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Teri J. Orr,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Donald H. Bouyer,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Pete D. Teel,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Kathryn A. Hanley

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

  * E-mail: khanley@nmsu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

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