About the Authors

Scott L. Nuismer

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

snuismer@uidaho.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Andrew J. Basinski

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Courtney L. Schreiner

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Evan A. Eskew

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Christopher H. Remien

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: S.L. Nuismer is listed as an inventor on a pending patent for a Lassa virus vaccine.