About the Authors

Elsa M. Cárdenas-Canales

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

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Andres Velasco-Villa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

James A. Ellison

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Panayampalli S. Satheshkumar

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jorge E. Osorio

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

jorge.osorio@wisc.edu (JEO); trocke@usgs.gov (TER)

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Tonie E. Rocke

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

jorge.osorio@wisc.edu (JEO); trocke@usgs.gov (TER)

Affiliation US Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.