Effect of environmental variables on the abundance of Amblyomma ticks, potential vectors of Rickettsia parkeri in central Brazil

• Isadora R. C. Gomes ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Isadora R. C. Gomes, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves

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

  Affiliations Biological Sciences Course, Catholic University of Brasília, Federal District, Brasília, Brazil, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Medical Parasitology and Vector Biology, University of Brasília, Federal District, Brasília, Brazil

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• Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Isadora R. C. Gomes, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Medical Parasitology and Vector Biology, University of Brasília, Federal District, Brasília, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8252-8690

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• Gilberto S. Gazeta ,

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

  * E-mail: gsgazeta@ioc.fiocruz.br

  Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Rikettsiosis Vectors, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Ana B. P. Borsoi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Rikettsiosis Vectors, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Karla Bitencourth,

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

  Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Rikettsiosis Vectors, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Letícia F. Leite,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biological Sciences Course, Catholic University of Brasília, Federal District, Brasília, Brazil

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• Nathália G. S. S. Coelho,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biological Sciences Course, Catholic University of Brasília, Federal District, Brasília, Brazil

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• Ricardo Dislich,

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

  Affiliation Ministry of Planning and Budget, Esplanade of Ministries, Federal District, Brasília, Brazil

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• Helga C. Wiederhecker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Independent Researcher, Federal District, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Eduardo G. Santos,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Post Graduation Program in Ecology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasília, Federal District, Brasília, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9858-1784

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• Melina Guimarães

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

  Affiliation Biological Sciences Course, Catholic University of Brasília, Federal District, Brasília, Brazil

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