One health approach to Balantioides coli: Molecular and metabarcoding evidence of zoonotic transmission

• Camila Souza Carvalho Class ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Camila Souza Carvalho Class, Pedro Mendes de Souza, Alynne da Silva Barbosa

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Pedro Mendes de Souza ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Camila Souza Carvalho Class, Pedro Mendes de Souza, Alynne da Silva Barbosa

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

  Affiliation Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Renan de Souza Ferreira,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (UNIFESO), Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Ingrid da Silva Reis,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Laís Lisboa Corrêa,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Breno Torres da Silva,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Gabriella Ribeiro Vaz da Costa,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Fabiana Batalha Knackfuss,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Statistics, UNIGRANRIO (AFYA University), Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Roberto Júnio Pedroso Dias,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Alynne da Silva Barbosa

  Contributed equally to this work with: Camila Souza Carvalho Class, Pedro Mendes de Souza, Alynne da Silva Barbosa

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

  * E-mail: alynnedsb@gmail.com, alynnebarbosa@id.uff.br

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5007-1339

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