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Acknowledgment

The authors are very grateful to the "Projet Lait Sud" team for the collection of ticks, particulary Mr. Baro and Mr. Gnegne. The Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) and the Directorate General for Development Co-operation (DGDC) of the Belgian Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Co-operation are acknowledged for their financial support.

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  1. Department of Animal Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

    Maxime Madder, Eric Thys & Dirk Geysen

  2. Projet Laitier Sud, c/o Coopération Technique, Belge 25, BP 1065, Abidjan, 25, Ivory Coast

    Christian Baudoux

  3. Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

    Ivan Horak

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Madder, M., Thys, E., Geysen, D. et al. Boophilus microplus ticks found in West Africa. Exp Appl Acarol 43, 233–234 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-007-9110-1

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