About the Authors

Peter J. Halfmann

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

pjhalfma@wisc.edu (PJH); ykawaoka@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu (YK)

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Amie J. Eisfeld

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Tokiko Watanabe

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tadashi Maemura

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Makoto Yamashita

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Fukuyama

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tammy Armbrust

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Isaiah Rozich

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Alhaji N’jai

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Gabriele Neumann

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

pjhalfma@wisc.edu (PJH); ykawaoka@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu (YK)

Affiliations Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Foday Sahr

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation 34th Regimental Military Hospital at Wilberforce, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.