About the Authors

Amy J. Vogler

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

Affiliation The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Plague Research Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Sandra Telfer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Carina M. Hall

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Jason W. Sahl

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Crystal M. Hepp

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Heather Centner

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Genevieve Andersen

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Dawn N. Birdsell

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Lila Rahalison

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Plague Research Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Roxanne Nottingham

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Paul Keim

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America, Pathogen Genomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

David M. Wagner

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Dave.Wagner@nau.edu (DMW); mino@pasteur.mg (MR)

Affiliation The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Minoarisoa Rajerison

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Dave.Wagner@nau.edu (DMW); mino@pasteur.mg (MR)

Affiliation Plague Research Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.