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Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of equine piroplasmosis in China: a neglected tick-borne disease

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China (2020YFE0203400 and 2017YFD0500400) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31772720). We thank Dr. Tongqing An for helpful discussions, the Core Facility of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences for providing the technical support.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, 150069, China

    Kewei Chen, Zhe Hu, Jingfei Wang, Diqiu Liu, Ting Qi, Wei Guo, Cheng Du & Xiaojun Wang

  2. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China

    Jingkun Li

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Table S1

. Seroprevalence of T. equi and B. caballi in twenty provinces and regions of China.

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. Results of the univariate analysis risk factors with T. equi and B. caballi seroprevalence. P value≤0.05 was considered significant.

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. Results of multivariate logistic analysis risk factors with T. equi seroprevalence. P value≤0.05 was considered significant.

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. Results of multivariate logistic analysis risk factors with B. caballi seroprevalence. P value≤0.05 was considered significant.

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. Molecular prevalence of T. equi and B. caballi in fifteen provinces and regions of China.

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Chen, K., Hu, Z., Li, J. et al. Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of equine piroplasmosis in China: a neglected tick-borne disease. Sci. China Life Sci. 65, 445–447 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-021-2021-3

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