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Borrelia Lineages Adjacent to Zoonotic Clades in Black Flying Foxes (Pteropus alecto), Australia, 2018–2020
Taylor B. Verrett
, Caylee A. Falvo, Evelyn Benson, Devin N. Jones-Slobodian, Daniel E. Crowley, Adrienne S. Dale, Tamika J. Lunn, Manuel Ruiz-Aravena, Agnieszka Rynda-Apple, Clifton D. McKee, Kerry L. Clark, Alexander W. Gofton, Alison J. Peel, Raina K. Plowright, Daniel J. Becker, and
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Author affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA (T.B. Verrett, D.J. Becker); Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA (C.A. Falvo, E. Benson, D.N. Jones-Slobodian, D.E. Crowley, A. Rynda-Apple); College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (C.A. Falvo, D.E. Crowley, M. Ruiz-Aravena, R.K. Plowright); Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA (A.S. Dale); Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (T.J. Lunn); Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia (T.J. Lunn, A.J. Peel); Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA (M. Ruiz-Aravena); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (C.D. McKee); University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA (K.L. Clark); CSIRO, Health and Biosecurity, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (A.W. Gofton); Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (A.J. Peel)
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Sampling sites in eastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales) of Borrelia lineages adjacent to zoonotic clades in black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto), Australia, 2018–2020. P. alecto geographic distribution (beige shading) is shown as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Circles are colored by the presence or absence of Borrelia spp. infections detected in blood samples from bats at each site. Black box at left indicates area enlarged at right, showing donut plots with the fraction of PCR-positive samples in black; circles are scaled by sample size.
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