About the Authors

Eze U. Ukamaka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ukamakauchenna.eze@unn.edu.ng

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Andre Coetzer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology,University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Global Alliance for Rabies Control SA NPC, Pretoria, South Africa

Terence P. Scott

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology,University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Global Alliance for Rabies Control SA NPC, Pretoria, South Africa

Boniface M. Anene

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Romanus C. Ezeokonkwo

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Chika I. Nwosuh

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rabies Unit, Central Diagnostic Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Jos, Nigeria

Louis H. Nel

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology,University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Global Alliance for Rabies Control SA NPC, Pretoria, South Africa

Claude T. Sabeta

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations OIE Rabies Reference Laboratory, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist