Metagenomic 16S rRNA gene sequencing survey of Borrelia species in Irish samples of Ixodes ricinus ticks

• John S. Lambert ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jlambert@mater.ie

  Affiliations University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5404-2415

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• Michael John Cook,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vis a Vis Symposiums, Highcliffe, Dorset, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0678-1819

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• John Eoin Healy,

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

  Affiliation University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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• Ross Murtagh,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Gordana Avramovic,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9610-6472

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• Sin Hang Lee

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Milford Molecular Diagnostics, Connecticut, United States of America

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