Plasmodium species infecting lizards in the Brazilian Cerrado: Identification and description of a novel species, Plasmodium brasiliensis n. sp.

• Izabelle T. S. Carvalho,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Clinical Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, College of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

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• Adriana P. Furtado,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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• Matheus A. Duarte,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Clinical Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, College of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

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• Pedro H. O. Pereira,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Lívia S. M. Paiva,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Clinical Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, College of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

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• Júlio M. A. Silva,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

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• Guarino G. Colli,

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

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

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• Erika M. Braga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Giane R. Paludo

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: giane@unb.br (GRP)

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Clinical Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, College of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9112-1718

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