About the Authors

Meseret G. Birhane

vkl2@cdc.gov

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mary Elizabeth G. Miranda

Affiliation Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Jessie L. Dyer

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jesse D. Blanton

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sergio Recuenco

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGB SR JDB JLD MEGM. Performed the experiments: MGB SR JLD MEGM. Analyzed the data: MGB JDB. Wrote the paper: MGB SR JDB. Provided services in kind including the provision of technical advice during study design as a GARC volunteer: MEGM.