About the Authors

Mohammad Sholeh

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Safoura Moradkasani

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Saber Esmaeili

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

dr.saberesmaeili@gmail.com, s-esmaeili@pasteur.ac.ir

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran, National Reference Laboratory for Plague, Tularemia and Q Fever, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Akanlu, KabudarAhang, Hamadan, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.