Development of a rapid antigen-based lateral flow assay for tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses

• Richard Willson,

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

  Affiliation William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Yingxin Zhao,

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

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

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• Kristen Brosamer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Yogita Pal,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Lucas S. Blanton,

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

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Esteban Arroyave,

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

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

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• Carsen Roach,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2652-2736

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• David H. Walker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Katerina Kourentzi,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Rong Fang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rofang@utmb.edu

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0213-0960

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