About the Authors

Ashutosh Verma

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

ashutosh.verma@lmunet.edu

Affiliations Center for Infectious, Zoonotic and Vector-borne diseases, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Brittney Beigel

Roles Data curation

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Christopher Carl Smola

Roles Data curation

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Susanna Kitts-Morgan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Daniel Kish

Roles Data curation

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Paul Nader

Roles Data curation

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Joey Morgan

Roles Data curation

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Jerry Roberson

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Center for Infectious, Zoonotic and Vector-borne diseases, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Undine Christmann

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Center for Infectious, Zoonotic and Vector-borne diseases, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Karen Gruszynski

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Animal and Human Health in Appalachia, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

LaRoy Brandt

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Cumberland Mountain Research Center, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America, School of Mathematics and Science, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Ellen Cho

Roles Data curation

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Kelly Murphy

Roles Data curation

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Ryan Goss

Roles Data curation

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.