About the Authors

Chelsea G. Himsworth

Chelsea.Himsworth@gov.bc.ca

Affiliations School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Julie Bidulka

Affiliation Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Kirbee L. Parsons

Affiliation School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Alice Y. T. Feng

Affiliation School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Patrick Tang

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Claire M. Jardine

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Thomas Kerr

Affiliations British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sunny Mak

Affiliation British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

John Robinson

Affiliation Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

David M. Patrick

Affiliation School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CGH PT CMJ TK JR DMP. Performed the experiments: CGH JB KLP AYTF. Analyzed the data: CGH SM. Wrote the paper: CGH. Revised the article critically for important intellectual content: JB KLP AYTF PT CMJ TK SM JR DMP.