Genetic structure and Rickettsia infection rates in Ixodes ovatus and Haemaphysalis flava ticks across different altitudes

• Maria Angenica F. Regilme,

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

  Current address: National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

  Affiliations Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

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• Megumi Sato,

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

  Affiliation Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

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• Tsutomu Tamura,

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

  Affiliation Niigata Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

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• Reiko Arai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Niigata Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

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• Marcello Otake Sato,

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

  Affiliation Faculty of Medical Technology, Division of Global Environment Parasitology, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Medical and Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan

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• Sumire Ikeda,

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

  Affiliation Research Laboratories, Research and Development Headquarters, Earth Corporation, Hyogo, Japan

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• Kozo Watanabe

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

  * E-mail: watanabe.kozo.mj@ehime-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7062-595X

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