About the Authors

Erin A. Beasley

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

erinbeasley6@gmail.com

Affiliations National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ryan M. Wallace

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Andre Coetzer

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

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

Louis H. Nel

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Emily G. Pieracci

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

Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.