About the Authors

Cecilia Y. Kato

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

Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ida H. Chung

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

Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lauren K. Robinson

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

Current address: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Marina E. Eremeeva

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

Current address: Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Gregory A. Dasch

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

gadaschrickettsia@gmail.com

Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.