About the Authors

Ilan S. Schwartz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

ilan.steven.schwartz@gmail.com

‡ ISS and JDM contributed equally and share first authorship on this work. EL and CK contributed equally and are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Josh D. McLoud

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

‡ ISS and JDM contributed equally and share first authorship on this work. EL and CK contributed equally and are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

Dilys Berman

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Alfred Botha

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Barbra Lerm

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Robert Colebunders

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Estelle Levetin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ ISS and JDM contributed equally and share first authorship on this work. EL and CK contributed equally and are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

Chris Kenyon

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ ISS and JDM contributed equally and share first authorship on this work. EL and CK contributed equally and are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.