About the Authors
- Elizabeth R. Gleim
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* E-mail: egleim@gmail.com
Affiliations Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Wildlife Laboratory, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway, Newton, Georgia, United States of America
- L. Mike Conner
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Affiliation Wildlife Laboratory, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway, Newton, Georgia, United States of America
- Roy D. Berghaus
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Affiliation Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Michael L. Levin
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Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Galina E. Zemtsova
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Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Michael J. Yabsley
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Affiliations Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ERG LMC MLL MJY. Performed the experiments: ERG GEZ. Analyzed the data: ERG RDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMC MLL MJY. Wrote the paper: ERG LMC RDB MLL GEZ MJY.