About the Authors

Rauna Athingo

Contributed equally to this work with: Rauna Athingo, Tenzin Tenzin

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

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Animal Disease Control, Sub-division, North-West, Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Ongwediva, Namibia

Tenzin Tenzin

Contributed equally to this work with: Rauna Athingo, Tenzin Tenzin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

t.tenzin@oie.int, tenzinvp@gmail.com

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Sub-Regional Representation for Southern Africa, Gaborone, Botswana

Andre Coetzer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Emmanuel H. Hikufe

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Windhoek, Namibia

Josephat Peter

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Outapi State Veterinary Office, Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Omusati region, Outapi, Namibia

Laina Hango

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Outapi State Veterinary Office, Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Omusati region, Outapi, Namibia

Tangeni Haimbodi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ondangwa State Veterinary Office, Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Oshana region, Ondangwa, Namibia

Johannes Lipinge

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ondangwa State Veterinary Office, Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Oshana region, Ondangwa, Namibia

Frenada Haufiku

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Omuthiya State Veterinary Office, Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Oshikoto region, Omuthiya, Namibia

Matias Naunyango

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eenhana State Veterinary Office, Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Ohangwena region, Eenhana, Namibia

Magano Kephas

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eenhana State Veterinary Office, Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Ohangwena region, Eenhana, Namibia

Albertina Shilongo

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Windhoek, Namibia

Kenneth K. Shoombe

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Animal Disease Control, Sub-division, North-West, Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Ongwediva, Namibia

Siegfried Khaiseb

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Veterinary Laboratory, Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), Ministry of Agriculture Water and Land Reform, Windhoek, Namibia

Moetapele Letshwenyo

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Sub-Regional Representation for Southern Africa, Gaborone, Botswana

Patricia Pozzetti

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Paris, France

Lorenz Nake

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Paris, France

Louis H. Nel

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Conrad M. Freuling

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany

Thomas Müller

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany

Gregorio Torres

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.