The First Molecular Detection of Theileria luwenshuni from Haemaphysalis mageshimaensis on Orchid Island, Taiwan, with No Evidence of SFTSV
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chiang, P.-S.; Tsai, I.-J.; Hu, Y.-W.; Chen, H.-J.; Chen, I.-J.; Teng, H.-J.; Chen, S.-L. The First Molecular Detection of Theileria luwenshuni from Haemaphysalis mageshimaensis on Orchid Island, Taiwan, with No Evidence of SFTSV. Pathogens 2025, 14, 241. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14030241
Chiang P-S, Tsai I-J, Hu Y-W, Chen H-J, Chen I-J, Teng H-J, Chen S-L. The First Molecular Detection of Theileria luwenshuni from Haemaphysalis mageshimaensis on Orchid Island, Taiwan, with No Evidence of SFTSV. Pathogens. 2025; 14(3):241. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14030241
Chicago/Turabian StyleChiang, Pai-Shan, I-Jung Tsai, Yuan-Wei Hu, Hung-Jui Chen, I-Jen Chen, Hwa-Jen Teng, and Shiu-Ling Chen. 2025. "The First Molecular Detection of Theileria luwenshuni from Haemaphysalis mageshimaensis on Orchid Island, Taiwan, with No Evidence of SFTSV" Pathogens 14, no. 3: 241. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14030241
APA StyleChiang, P.-S., Tsai, I.-J., Hu, Y.-W., Chen, H.-J., Chen, I.-J., Teng, H.-J., & Chen, S.-L. (2025). The First Molecular Detection of Theileria luwenshuni from Haemaphysalis mageshimaensis on Orchid Island, Taiwan, with No Evidence of SFTSV. Pathogens, 14(3), 241. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14030241