Molecular prevalence, associated risk factors and phylogenetic evaluation of Theileria lestoquardi in the blood samples of small ruminants

• Sehrish Ashraf ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sehrish Ashraf, Wafaa M. Hikal

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Zoology, Emerson University Multan, Multan, Pakistan, Department of Zoology, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

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• Wafaa M. Hikal ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sehrish Ashraf, Wafaa M. Hikal

  Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: furhan.iqbal@bzu.edu.pk (FI); wafaahikal@gmail.com (WMH); hira.6385@wum.edu.pk (HM)

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7443-072X

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• Ruoa Almahallawi,

  Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University College of Duba, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

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• Hira Muqaddas ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: furhan.iqbal@bzu.edu.pk (FI); wafaahikal@gmail.com (WMH); hira.6385@wum.edu.pk (HM)

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, The Women University Multan, Multan, Pakistan

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• Furhan Iqbal

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: furhan.iqbal@bzu.edu.pk (FI); wafaahikal@gmail.com (WMH); hira.6385@wum.edu.pk (HM)

  Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Multan, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4996-0152

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