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Letter

Novel Rickettsia spp. in two common overwintering North American songbirds

Daniel J. Beckera Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Allison Byrdb Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA;c Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Tara M. Smileyc Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA;d Department of Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NYUSA
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Mariana Fernandes Marquese Department of Public Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Julissa Villegas Nuneze Department of Public Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Katherine M. Talbottb Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Jonathan W. Atwellb Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Dmitriy V. Volokhovf Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Ellen D. Kettersonb Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA;c Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Alex E. Jahnb Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA;c Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Kerry L. Clarke Department of Public Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Pages 2746-2748 | Received 05 Aug 2022, Accepted 21 Oct 2022, Published online: 11 Nov 2022

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