Molecular-based detection of Ehrlichia spp. in stray dogs-infesting Rhipicephalus ticks in high-altitude of northern Pakistan

• Abdul Majid,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5197-2103

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• Muhammad Numan,

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

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4099-8421

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• Hadia Tila,

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

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Iram Liaqat,

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

  Affiliation Microbiology Lab, Department of Zoology, Government College University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

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• Mohibullah Shah,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

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• Zhihua Sun,

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

  Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China

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• Abid Ali ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: uop_ali@yahoo.com (AA); mmalmutairi@ksu.edu.sa (MMA)

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-6625

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• Mashal M. Almutairi

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

  * E-mail: uop_ali@yahoo.com (AA); mmalmutairi@ksu.edu.sa (MMA)

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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