Parasites and microorganisms associated with the snakes collected for the "festa Dei serpari" in Cocullo, Italy.

"plos publication stage vor-update-to-uncorrected-proof publication update 2024-03-04 data availability representative sequences were deposited in genbank ( https://www ncbi nlm nih gov/genbank ) (accession number or753376 for glta; or755903 to oq630505 for 16s rrna; oq632771 to oq632773 or771463 to or771475 and or771476-or771477 for 18s rrna; oq672452 or758867 or761977 or761978 and for or763078 cox1).; data availability representative sequences were deposited in genbank ( https://www ncbi nlm nih gov/genbank ) (accession number or753376 for glta; or755903 to oq630505 for 16s rrna; oq632771 to oq632773 or771463 to or771475 and or771476-or771477 for 18s rrna; oq672452 or758867 or761977 or761978 and for or763078 cox1).; sequences were edited and analyzed using geneious prime software version 9 0 (biomatters ltd auckland new zealand) [ ] and compared with those available in the genbank database by the basic local alignment search tool (blast; http://blast ncbi nlm nih gov/blast cgi ) for species identification 10 1371/journal pntd 0011973 t001 table 1 pathogens target gene primers sequence (5?-3?); representative sequences herein generated were deposited in genbank ( table 3 ) 10 1371/journal pntd 0011973 g005 fig 5 a) dorsal view of female ophionyssus sp; b) pore pairs on sternal shield (black arrows); c) dorsal shield divided in a large anterior podonotal shield (red arrow) and a small pygidial shield (black arrow); d) absence of mesonotal scutae in between the podonotal and pygidial shield.; representative sequences herein generated were deposited in genbank (accession number or753376 for glta ; or755903 to oq630505 for 16s rrna; oq632771 to oq632773 or771463 to or771475 and or771476-or771477 for 18s rrna; oq672452 or758867 or761977 or761978 and for or763078 cox 1). data availability representative sequences were deposited in genbank ( https://www ncbi nlm nih gov/genbank ) (accession number or753376"

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"D.O. and J.A.M.R. were partially supported by EU funding within the NextGenerationEU-MUR PNRR Extended Partnership initiative on Emerging Infectious Diseases (Project no. PE00000007, INF-ACT). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."