Tick studies in Malaysia: Growth, stagnation, and future prospects

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks are extended to the family members of the first author, especially Mrs. Rohaidah, Mr. Mohd Taupik, Hidayah, Abdullah, Muhammad, Nazmi, and Saufi, for their encouragement throughout the writing of this manuscript.

Funding

This study was supported by the Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) program (MO002-2019 & TIDREC-2023) and funded by the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany [100-TNCPI/INT 16/6/2 (005/2020)].

Authors’ contributions

A.R.K. wrote the manuscript, V.L.L., J.H., D.T. and H.C.C. contributed to the final version of the manuscript.

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