About the Authors

Hongzhao Li

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

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Canada

Alexander Bello

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Greg Smith

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

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Canada

Dominic M. S. Kielich

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

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

James E. Strong

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

Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Bradley S. Pickering

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

bradley.pickering@inspection.gc.ca

Affiliations National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.