Bartonella and Rickettsia in arthropods from the Lao PDR and from Borneo, Malaysia.

"Conflict of interests The authors declared that they have no competing interests."

"We thank Sabah Parks for the permit to conduct field work and all kind of support. We thank all the mammal owners for allowing us to examine their pets and stock animals in Laos and Borneo. Field work in Borneo has been funded by the “Landesoffensive zur Entwicklung wissenschaftlich-ökonomischer Exzellenz” (LOWE) of the state of Hesse in Germany through the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (Bik-F). The fieldwork in Laos was funded by the Wellcome Trust of Great Britain, as part of the Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, and the SFE Medical Project. We are very grateful to the Provincial Health Department of Luang Namtha, the Directors of Mahosot Hospital, the Director and staff of the Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital and the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Lao PDR. We thank Koukeo Phommasone for his help for the Lao map."