AM conceived and designed the study. VMS, AH and HL did the field work. VMS did the DNA labwork. HL and AH did the tick counting. HV and AM did the statistical analyses and made the figures. AM drafted the paper. All authors gave comments to the ms. and gave final approval before submission.
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