Serological evidence of Ebola virus exposure in dogs from affected communities in Liberia: A preliminary report

• Brien K. Haun,

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

  Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Varney Kamara,

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

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Medical Science, TJR Faulkner College of Science and Technology, University of Liberia, Fendall, Liberia, Leon Quist Ledlum Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Liberia, Fendall, Liberia

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• Abigail S. Dweh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abigail S. Dweh, Kianalei Garalde-Machida, Saymajunkon S. E. Forkay, Melissa Takaaze

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Medical Science, TJR Faulkner College of Science and Technology, University of Liberia, Fendall, Liberia

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• Kianalei Garalde-Machida ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abigail S. Dweh, Kianalei Garalde-Machida, Saymajunkon S. E. Forkay, Melissa Takaaze

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Saymajunkon S. E. Forkay ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abigail S. Dweh, Kianalei Garalde-Machida, Saymajunkon S. E. Forkay, Melissa Takaaze

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Medical Science, TJR Faulkner College of Science and Technology, University of Liberia, Fendall, Liberia

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• Melissa Takaaze ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abigail S. Dweh, Kianalei Garalde-Machida, Saymajunkon S. E. Forkay, Melissa Takaaze

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5298-3091

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• Madhuri Namekar,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Teri Ann S. Wong,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Ayesha E. R. Bell-Gam Woto,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Medical Science, TJR Faulkner College of Science and Technology, University of Liberia, Fendall, Liberia, National Public Health Institute of Liberia, Monrovia, Republic of Liberia

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• Peter Humphreys,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Medical Science, TJR Faulkner College of Science and Technology, University of Liberia, Fendall, Liberia

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• Ophelia I. Weeks,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Medical Science, TJR Faulkner College of Science and Technology, University of Liberia, Fendall, Liberia

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• Mosoka P. Fallah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Public Health Institute of Liberia, Monrovia, Republic of Liberia

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• John M. Berestecky,

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

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Vivek R. Nerurkar,

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

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2044-2784

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• Axel T. Lehrer

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lehrer@hawaii.edu

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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